Catabola climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Catabola?

Catabola has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 1,129 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Catabola between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2008, reaching 35.9 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Catabola?

The coldest day measured in Catabola between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1962, at 3.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Catabola?

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

Q: Has the climate of Catabola warmed?

Yes: Catabola warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Catabola?

The wettest day measured in Catabola between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2022, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Catabola?

The windiest day measured in Catabola between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 2010, with winds reaching 26.9 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Catabola?

The warmest month in Catabola is September (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is June (17.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Catabola?

Catabola receives on average 1,129 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Catabola?

Catabola gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Catabola (Angola) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 1,129 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 September (22.9 °C on average) and the coldest is June (17.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.

Catabola averages 0 frost days, 24 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.

Catabola has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.9 °C (on 28 September 2008) and the coldest 3.3 °C (on 30 June 1962).

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

CatabolaBíe Province

coords: -12.15°, 17.28°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthJuneWettest monthDecemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.0°C

Average daily high

26.1°C

Average daily low

14.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,129mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

62%

Average peak wind

11.5km/h

Seasonal range

5.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

24 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

153 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.2 °C

Average feels-like low

14.2 °C

Average peak gust

29.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.38 · 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

35.9 °C

28 September 2008

Coldest day

3.3 °C

30 June 1962

Wettest day

85 mm

7 March 2022

Windiest day

26.9 km/h

26 February 2010

Strongest gust

57.2 km/h

10 March 1954

Hottest feels-like

36.3 °C

24 February 2005

Coldest feels-like

-0.3 °C

2 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.7 h

3 December 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.9 °C8 October 2025	8.2 °C2 August 2025	20.6 °C	1,118 mm	32
2024	33.1 °C28 September 2024	7.5 °C12 June 2024	21.3 °C	1,172 mm	48
2023	33.0 °C26 September 2023	6.0 °C12 July 2023	21.1 °C	1,241 mm	45
2022	32.7 °C4 October 2022	9.0 °C4 June 2022	20.5 °C	1,155 mm	32
2021	34.1 °C11 October 2021	9.0 °C5 July 2021	21.2 °C	834 mm	54
2020	33.7 °C5 October 2020	7.7 °C19 July 2020	20.8 °C	1,157 mm	34
2019	33.6 °C25 September 2019	9.1 °C9 July 2019	21.4 °C	996 mm	40
2018	33.3 °C15 November 2018	8.3 °C9 June 2018	20.9 °C	1,160 mm	45
2017	32.7 °C23 September 2017	8.3 °C7 July 2017	20.9 °C	1,102 mm	41
2016	32.9 °C13 October 2016	7.9 °C13 July 2016	21.0 °C	1,060 mm	43
2015	32.5 °C24 September 2015	8.6 °C23 June 2015	20.9 °C	1,192 mm	45
2014	32.4 °C15 September 2014	7.0 °C18 July 2014	20.5 °C	1,122 mm	30
2013	34.1 °C17 September 2013	7.8 °C13 July 2013	20.6 °C	1,005 mm	59
2012	32.4 °C14 September 2012	7.0 °C12 June 2012	20.4 °C	1,065 mm	45
2011	32.6 °C24 September 2011	7.3 °C27 June 2011	20.0 °C	1,103 mm	33
2010	33.7 °C5 October 2010	7.8 °C10 July 2010	20.4 °C	1,229 mm	49
2009	33.6 °C18 September 2009	7.2 °C5 July 2009	20.4 °C	1,165 mm	36
2008	35.9 °C28 September 2008	6.4 °C28 June 2008	20.1 °C	993 mm	57
2007	32.1 °C16 September 2007	7.5 °C8 July 2007	20.1 °C	1,097 mm	24
2006	31.3 °C26 September 2006	7.3 °C7 June 2006	19.9 °C	1,031 mm	12
2005	32.4 °C7 September 2005	7.8 °C5 July 2005	20.6 °C	1,166 mm	40
2004	31.2 °C12 September 2004	7.0 °C20 June 2004	19.8 °C	1,193 mm	17
2003	32.8 °C16 October 2003	6.7 °C4 July 2003	20.2 °C	1,198 mm	41
2002	31.5 °C30 September 2002	8.6 °C26 June 2002	20.1 °C	1,130 mm	10
2001	33.2 °C8 September 2001	6.9 °C25 July 2001	20.0 °C	1,258 mm	31
2000	32.2 °C6 October 2000	7.0 °C9 July 2000	19.9 °C	992 mm	28
1999	32.1 °C17 September 1999	7.6 °C30 June 1999	19.8 °C	1,259 mm	14
1998	31.9 °C15 September 1998	7.7 °C19 June 1998	20.5 °C	1,232 mm	26
1997	33.5 °C27 September 1997	6.7 °C3 July 1997	20.5 °C	910 mm	37
1996	31.7 °C20 October 1996	7.8 °C1 July 1996	20.5 °C	1,144 mm	45
1995	32.4 °C3 September 1995	7.3 °C24 June 1995	20.4 °C	1,085 mm	32
1994	32.4 °C19 September 1994	3.8 °C2 July 1994	20.2 °C	873 mm	18
1993	31.2 °C13 September 1993	7.3 °C6 July 1993	19.7 °C	1,228 mm	8
1992	30.8 °C10 September 1992	7.6 °C6 July 1992	20.0 °C	1,037 mm	9
1991	32.0 °C9 October 1991	8.3 °C8 June 1991	20.3 °C	945 mm	28
1990	31.5 °C9 September 1990	8.7 °C25 July 1990	20.1 °C	1,348 mm	21
1989	32.5 °C27 September 1989	6.5 °C23 July 1989	20.0 °C	1,056 mm	25
1988	32.1 °C4 October 1988	5.8 °C13 July 1988	19.8 °C	1,227 mm	10
1987	31.1 °C15 September 1987	6.0 °C29 June 1987	20.3 °C	1,036 mm	14
1986	31.8 °C18 September 1986	7.3 °C20 June 1986	19.7 °C	1,076 mm	17
1985	31.6 °C22 September 1985	4.7 °C15 July 1985	19.7 °C	810 mm	19
1984	31.9 °C10 September 1984	5.8 °C24 July 1984	19.5 °C	1,362 mm	22
1983	32.6 °C19 September 1983	8.0 °C20 June 1983	20.2 °C	1,176 mm	31
1982	31.8 °C21 September 1982	6.2 °C19 July 1982	19.8 °C	1,158 mm	11
1981	32.3 °C1 October 1981	7.3 °C15 June 1981	20.0 °C	959 mm	22
1980	32.7 °C19 September 1980	6.2 °C12 July 1980	20.1 °C	803 mm	29
1979	32.6 °C3 October 1979	6.5 °C30 June 1979	19.8 °C	1,179 mm	25
1978	31.8 °C2 October 1978	6.4 °C27 June 1978	19.7 °C	1,035 mm	5
1977	30.6 °C17 September 1977	7.4 °C14 July 1977	19.8 °C	1,190 mm	9
1976	30.9 °C18 September 1976	6.0 °C27 June 1976	18.9 °C	1,207 mm	11
1975	30.2 °C9 October 1975	6.5 °C30 June 1975	19.2 °C	1,194 mm	5
1974	31.1 °C2 October 1974	4.2 °C16 June 1974	19.3 °C	1,032 mm	4
1973	31.7 °C3 October 1973	6.3 °C9 July 1973	20.0 °C	1,081 mm	20
1972	31.0 °C31 August 1972	5.3 °C26 June 1972	19.7 °C	1,014 mm	8
1971	32.3 °C2 September 1971	6.5 °C18 July 1971	19.6 °C	1,075 mm	6
1970	32.4 °C4 September 1970	6.1 °C2 July 1970	19.6 °C	1,285 mm	10
1969	30.5 °C5 September 1969	7.5 °C25 July 1969	19.6 °C	1,300 mm	2
1968	31.6 °C2 October 1968	5.4 °C16 June 1968	19.6 °C	1,135 mm	18
1967	31.0 °C21 October 1967	5.1 °C21 July 1967	19.3 °C	1,396 mm	4
1966	30.1 °C7 September 1966	7.7 °C16 June 1966	20.1 °C	1,176 mm	3
1965	30.6 °C22 October 1965	7.0 °C5 July 1965	19.5 °C	1,304 mm	6
1964	31.9 °C2 October 1964	4.4 °C7 July 1964	19.5 °C	1,146 mm	8
1963	31.4 °C9 September 1963	5.4 °C16 June 1963	19.4 °C	1,143 mm	6
1962	31.2 °C26 September 1962	3.3 °C30 June 1962	19.6 °C	1,267 mm	11
1961	30.7 °C26 September 1961	5.4 °C27 July 1961	19.3 °C	1,631 mm	3
1960	31.0 °C28 September 1960	5.1 °C11 July 1960	19.3 °C	1,374 mm	7
1959	31.4 °C13 October 1959	6.0 °C20 June 1959	19.7 °C	1,433 mm	4
1958	31.9 °C11 September 1958	5.2 °C17 June 1958	19.8 °C	1,020 mm	9
1957	30.2 °C21 September 1957	5.8 °C17 June 1957	19.7 °C	1,485 mm	1
1956	30.7 °C9 September 1956	5.5 °C28 July 1956	19.3 °C	1,210 mm	7
1955	31.4 °C26 September 1955	6.5 °C23 June 1955	19.8 °C	1,023 mm	12
1954	32.1 °C23 October 1954	5.1 °C23 June 1954	20.4 °C	600 mm	49
1953	30.5 °C29 September 1953	6.8 °C7 July 1953	19.3 °C	1,331 mm	10
1952	32.0 °C13 September 1952	4.3 °C7 August 1952	19.6 °C	1,385 mm	37
1951	32.1 °C6 October 1951	5.3 °C14 July 1951	19.4 °C	1,324 mm	23
1950	30.8 °C13 October 1950	7.3 °C30 May 1950	19.2 °C	1,110 mm	8
1949	32.3 °C5 October 1949	6.7 °C9 June 1949	19.7 °C	1,319 mm	19
1948	32.8 °C13 September 1948	6.3 °C21 June 1948	19.7 °C	1,324 mm	19
1947	33.9 °C18 September 1947	6.2 °C17 July 1947	20.3 °C	942 mm	45
1946	32.1 °C18 September 1946	5.9 °C12 July 1946	20.4 °C	941 mm	36
1945	33.0 °C18 September 1945	7.5 °C20 June 1945	20.1 °C	1,073 mm	34
1944	33.6 °C21 September 1944	7.8 °C26 July 1944	20.4 °C	1,117 mm	45
1943	33.1 °C7 October 1943	6.8 °C27 June 1943	19.8 °C	1,127 mm	35
1942	32.7 °C16 September 1942	5.3 °C23 July 1942	20.3 °C	839 mm	45
1941	32.7 °C14 October 1941	7.2 °C22 June 1941	20.7 °C	814 mm	47
1940	31.4 °C5 September 1940	6.2 °C30 June 1940	19.7 °C	853 mm	22

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.7 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

32 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1118 mm

-11 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.1 °C	+1.0 °C	215 mm	+27 mm
Feb	25.9 °C	+0.5 °C	88 mm	-77 mm
Mar	26.0 °C	+1.0 °C	203 mm	+31 mm
Apr	25.7 °C	+0.5 °C	170 mm	+99 mm
May	25.4 °C	-0.3 °C	6 mm	+2 mm
Jun	25.2 °C	+0.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	25.4 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	28.0 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	30.3 °C	+0.6 °C	9 mm	-9 mm
Oct	29.5 °C	+1.5 °C	80 mm	-36 mm
Nov	27.1 °C	+1.6 °C	174 mm	-11 mm
Dec	25.9 °C	+0.9 °C	172 mm	-38 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.9 °C

8 Oct 2025

Coldest day

8.2 °C

2 Aug 2025

Wettest day

31.1 mm

10 Dec 2025

Windiest day

22.9 km/h

28 Dec 2025

Strongest gust

49.0 km/h

3 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

33.7 °C

30 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.0 °C

2 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.7 h

29 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Catabola?

Catabola has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 1,129 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Catabola?

The hottest day measured in Catabola between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2008, reaching 35.9 °C.

What is the coldest day in Catabola?

The coldest day measured in Catabola between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1962, at 3.3 °C.

Does it snow in Catabola?

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

Has the climate of Catabola warmed?

Yes: Catabola warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Catabola?

The wettest day measured in Catabola between 1940 and 2025 was 7 March 2022, with 85 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Catabola?

The windiest day measured in Catabola between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 2010, with winds reaching 26.9 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Catabola?

The warmest month in Catabola is September (22.9 °C on average); the coldest is June (17.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Catabola?

Catabola receives on average 1,129 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Catabola?

Catabola gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Catabola?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Catabola?

In Catabola, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.3 °C on 24 February 2005, and the lowest was -0.3 °C on 2 July 1994.

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