Capunda climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Capunda?

Capunda has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 1,256 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Capunda?

The hottest day measured in Capunda between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1997, reaching 32.1 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Capunda?

The coldest day measured in Capunda between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1957, at 6.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Capunda?

Almost never: Capunda sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Capunda warmed?

Yes: Capunda warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Capunda?

The wettest day measured in Capunda between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1940, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Capunda?

The windiest day measured in Capunda between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2010, with winds reaching 25.0 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Capunda?

The warmest month in Capunda is April (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Capunda?

Capunda receives on average 1,256 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Capunda?

Capunda gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Capunda (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 1,256 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is April (20.8 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Capunda averages 0 frost days, 1 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.

Capunda has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 32.1 °C (on 6 August 1997) and the coldest 6.1 °C (on 27 June 1957).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

CapundaKwanza Sul Province

coords: -11.13°, 14.47°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAprilColdest monthJulyWettest monthMarchDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

19.7°C

Average daily high

25.3°C

Average daily low

16.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,256mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

81%

Average peak wind

11.0km/h

Seasonal range

2.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

1 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

166 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.7 °C

Average feels-like low

17.2 °C

Average peak gust

31.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.3 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.56 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

32.1 °C

6 August 1997

Coldest day

6.1 °C

27 June 1957

Wettest day

111 mm

5 March 1940

Windiest day

25.0 km/h

12 August 2010

Strongest gust

59.4 km/h

12 August 2010

Hottest feels-like

35.5 °C

17 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

3.8 °C

11 July 1947

Sunniest day

12.5 h

15 January 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	29.7 °C18 May 2025	11.3 °C10 August 2025	20.5 °C	1,046 mm	0
2024	31.3 °C1 September 2024	12.1 °C31 July 2024	21.0 °C	1,762 mm	10
2023	30.1 °C12 February 2023	12.4 °C30 June 2023	20.6 °C	1,409 mm	1
2022	28.6 °C12 April 2022	11.9 °C21 June 2022	20.0 °C	1,207 mm	0
2021	29.1 °C9 October 2021	12.8 °C5 July 2021	20.4 °C	1,190 mm	0
2020	29.1 °C1 May 2020	12.5 °C20 July 2020	20.5 °C	1,199 mm	0
2019	28.4 °C1 April 2019	12.2 °C11 July 2019	20.6 °C	1,519 mm	0
2018	28.7 °C22 April 2018	11.9 °C12 June 2018	20.4 °C	1,454 mm	0
2017	28.9 °C10 May 2017	12.2 °C7 July 2017	20.4 °C	1,012 mm	0
2016	28.6 °C25 April 2016	10.7 °C27 July 2016	20.7 °C	1,524 mm	0
2015	29.3 °C8 July 2015	11.9 °C7 August 2015	20.2 °C	1,531 mm	0
2014	29.7 °C26 August 2014	10.5 °C7 July 2014	20.1 °C	1,308 mm	0
2013	29.4 °C24 February 2013	11.3 °C28 July 2013	20.1 °C	1,255 mm	0
2012	29.4 °C16 May 2012	10.8 °C20 July 2012	19.8 °C	1,290 mm	0
2011	28.6 °C2 June 2011	11.7 °C10 June 2011	19.8 °C	1,225 mm	0
2010	29.2 °C11 October 2010	12.2 °C29 June 2010	20.3 °C	1,254 mm	0
2009	30.3 °C1 September 2009	11.0 °C12 July 2009	20.2 °C	1,227 mm	1
2008	30.4 °C7 October 2008	10.1 °C6 July 2008	19.7 °C	1,161 mm	1
2007	30.0 °C10 May 2007	11.0 °C11 June 2007	19.7 °C	1,315 mm	1
2006	28.5 °C9 October 2006	11.0 °C18 May 2006	19.7 °C	1,398 mm	0
2005	29.3 °C10 September 2005	10.9 °C23 June 2005	19.9 °C	1,491 mm	0
2004	28.4 °C22 April 2004	11.6 °C27 July 2004	19.7 °C	1,419 mm	0
2003	29.4 °C15 May 2003	10.9 °C1 July 2003	20.1 °C	1,264 mm	0
2002	30.9 °C14 September 2002	10.7 °C28 June 2002	20.0 °C	1,582 mm	1
2001	29.4 °C10 October 2001	11.8 °C20 July 2001	19.7 °C	1,142 mm	0
2000	29.7 °C28 August 2000	12.1 °C15 July 2000	19.7 °C	1,126 mm	0
1999	30.0 °C20 September 1999	12.3 °C23 July 1999	19.8 °C	1,349 mm	1
1998	30.9 °C29 August 1998	12.6 °C22 July 1998	20.5 °C	1,182 mm	6
1997	32.1 °C6 August 1997	11.0 °C3 July 1997	19.9 °C	1,333 mm	3
1996	29.9 °C18 July 1996	11.5 °C5 August 1996	19.7 °C	1,093 mm	0
1995	31.6 °C15 August 1995	12.7 °C13 July 1995	20.0 °C	1,306 mm	1
1994	29.6 °C25 August 1994	11.8 °C2 July 1994	19.8 °C	1,471 mm	0
1993	30.7 °C7 September 1993	11.1 °C5 August 1993	19.9 °C	1,321 mm	1
1992	29.5 °C14 March 1992	11.2 °C9 July 1992	19.4 °C	1,312 mm	0
1991	28.9 °C19 February 1991	7.7 °C9 June 1991	19.8 °C	1,275 mm	0
1990	30.4 °C31 July 1990	11.7 °C28 June 1990	20.0 °C	1,427 mm	2
1989	29.5 °C3 March 1989	11.2 °C18 July 1989	19.7 °C	1,121 mm	0
1988	30.0 °C31 May 1988	11.0 °C19 July 1988	19.9 °C	1,562 mm	1
1987	30.5 °C6 August 1987	11.7 °C13 August 1987	20.2 °C	1,248 mm	1
1986	30.8 °C22 August 1986	11.4 °C16 July 1986	19.7 °C	1,098 mm	3
1985	30.3 °C6 March 1985	10.9 °C21 June 1985	19.6 °C	1,103 mm	1
1984	31.3 °C14 August 1984	11.8 °C25 July 1984	19.9 °C	1,394 mm	4
1983	29.9 °C1 June 1983	8.6 °C25 June 1983	19.8 °C	1,387 mm	0
1982	29.0 °C22 September 1982	10.8 °C15 June 1982	19.3 °C	1,027 mm	0
1981	30.8 °C19 April 1981	9.6 °C22 June 1981	20.0 °C	934 mm	10
1980	31.0 °C16 May 1980	10.4 °C13 July 1980	19.9 °C	903 mm	3
1979	28.9 °C21 May 1979	10.9 °C2 July 1979	19.8 °C	1,216 mm	0
1978	28.4 °C5 March 1978	11.2 °C7 July 1978	19.2 °C	858 mm	0
1977	28.3 °C18 May 1977	11.4 °C7 July 1977	19.5 °C	1,087 mm	0
1976	29.3 °C13 September 1976	8.9 °C8 July 1976	18.9 °C	1,379 mm	0
1975	29.3 °C8 October 1975	10.9 °C22 July 1975	19.1 °C	1,162 mm	0
1974	28.1 °C28 April 1974	8.9 °C16 June 1974	19.0 °C	1,210 mm	0
1973	27.9 °C26 March 1973	11.3 °C1 July 1973	19.7 °C	1,228 mm	0
1972	27.3 °C11 February 1972	9.4 °C29 June 1972	19.2 °C	1,324 mm	0
1971	28.2 °C19 April 1971	11.0 °C22 July 1971	19.2 °C	1,216 mm	0
1970	28.6 °C8 April 1970	10.8 °C2 July 1970	19.5 °C	1,354 mm	0
1969	28.0 °C3 April 1969	11.7 °C27 June 1969	19.5 °C	1,285 mm	0
1968	28.8 °C3 May 1968	10.6 °C16 July 1968	19.2 °C	1,452 mm	0
1967	28.1 °C23 September 1967	11.2 °C11 July 1967	19.3 °C	1,256 mm	0
1966	28.9 °C16 May 1966	11.4 °C8 June 1966	19.7 °C	1,493 mm	0
1965	28.3 °C8 August 1965	11.1 °C14 July 1965	19.3 °C	1,683 mm	0
1964	28.3 °C8 April 1964	7.0 °C21 June 1964	19.2 °C	1,418 mm	0
1963	28.2 °C25 August 1963	7.6 °C13 July 1963	19.1 °C	1,224 mm	0
1962	27.4 °C17 April 1962	9.2 °C30 June 1962	19.1 °C	1,248 mm	0
1961	27.7 °C26 April 1961	8.6 °C12 June 1961	19.1 °C	1,172 mm	0
1960	27.3 °C5 August 1960	9.5 °C21 June 1960	19.3 °C	1,757 mm	0
1959	27.7 °C16 August 1959	10.4 °C16 June 1959	19.5 °C	1,575 mm	0
1958	28.9 °C11 August 1958	9.6 °C26 June 1958	19.0 °C	767 mm	0
1957	29.2 °C7 May 1957	6.1 °C27 June 1957	19.2 °C	1,114 mm	0
1956	28.2 °C8 January 1956	7.4 °C9 June 1956	18.9 °C	817 mm	0
1955	28.9 °C8 March 1955	10.0 °C11 July 1955	18.9 °C	1,036 mm	0
1954	29.4 °C23 April 1954	7.7 °C27 July 1954	19.4 °C	1,106 mm	0
1953	28.8 °C13 September 1953	10.7 °C22 June 1953	19.1 °C	903 mm	0
1952	28.3 °C10 August 1952	11.3 °C7 August 1952	19.4 °C	1,722 mm	0
1951	28.5 °C26 August 1951	10.2 °C17 July 1951	19.4 °C	1,596 mm	0
1950	30.2 °C15 August 1950	7.5 °C17 July 1950	19.0 °C	1,686 mm	1
1949	28.6 °C9 August 1949	11.4 °C14 August 1949	19.4 °C	1,511 mm	0
1948	29.6 °C26 August 1948	11.4 °C12 August 1948	19.5 °C	1,459 mm	0
1947	31.2 °C16 September 1947	6.3 °C11 July 1947	19.7 °C	932 mm	10
1946	31.0 °C3 March 1946	9.1 °C21 June 1946	19.5 °C	822 mm	9
1945	29.8 °C17 September 1945	11.0 °C26 June 1945	19.4 °C	1,083 mm	0
1944	30.1 °C28 August 1944	11.1 °C16 June 1944	19.7 °C	1,077 mm	1
1943	30.3 °C17 August 1943	9.5 °C3 July 1943	19.3 °C	1,257 mm	3
1942	30.2 °C23 January 1942	10.6 °C17 July 1942	19.6 °C	852 mm	2
1941	31.0 °C15 April 1941	11.6 °C26 August 1941	20.1 °C	553 mm	8
1940	30.5 °C22 February 1940	10.1 °C22 March 1940	19.3 °C	971 mm	1

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

25.9 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

0 d/yr

-1

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1046 mm

-210 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	24.4 °C	0.0 °C	86 mm	-17 mm
Feb	26.0 °C	+0.8 °C	53 mm	-61 mm
Mar	26.6 °C	+1.5 °C	190 mm	-56 mm
Apr	26.2 °C	+0.5 °C	196 mm	+15 mm
May	27.4 °C	+1.0 °C	35 mm	+10 mm
Jun	27.2 °C	+1.3 °C	2 mm	+1 mm
Jul	26.2 °C	+0.4 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	25.4 °C	-0.7 °C	3 mm	-1 mm
Sep	25.7 °C	-0.4 °C	29 mm	-8 mm
Oct	25.4 °C	+0.4 °C	116 mm	-40 mm
Nov	24.8 °C	+0.9 °C	209 mm	-21 mm
Dec	24.9 °C	+1.0 °C	129 mm	-32 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

29.7 °C

18 May 2025

Coldest day

11.3 °C

10 Aug 2025

Wettest day

24.8 mm

8 Mar 2025

Windiest day

20.4 km/h

31 May 2025

Strongest gust

46.8 km/h

30 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.1 °C

19 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.8 °C

10 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

24 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Capunda?

Capunda has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 1,256 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Capunda?

The hottest day measured in Capunda between 1940 and 2025 was 6 August 1997, reaching 32.1 °C.

What is the coldest day in Capunda?

The coldest day measured in Capunda between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1957, at 6.1 °C.

Does it snow in Capunda?

Almost never: Capunda sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Capunda warmed?

Yes: Capunda warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Capunda?

The wettest day measured in Capunda between 1940 and 2025 was 5 March 1940, with 111 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Capunda?

The windiest day measured in Capunda between 1940 and 2025 was 12 August 2010, with winds reaching 25.0 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Capunda?

The warmest month in Capunda is April (20.8 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Capunda?

Capunda receives on average 1,256 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Capunda?

Capunda gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Capunda?

Yes: Capunda has on average 1 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Capunda?

In Capunda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.5 °C on 17 March 2024, and the lowest was 3.8 °C on 11 July 1947.

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