Cela climate — normals and trends
Cela (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 1,008 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 (21.0 °C on average) and the coldest is June (18.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Cela averages 0 frost days, 26 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.
Cela has warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 35.3 °C (on 17 September 1947) and the coldest 3.7 °C (on 11 July 1947).
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
CelaKwanza Sul Province
- coords
- -11.42°, 15.12°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.7°C
Average daily high
26.5°C
Average daily low
14.5°C
Annual rainfall
1,008mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
70%
Average peak wind
11.6km/h
Seasonal range
2.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
26 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
154 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
27.8 °C
Average feels-like low
15.0 °C
Average peak gust
31.4 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.6 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.35 · p = < 0.001
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
35.3 °C
17 September 1947
Coldest day
3.7 °C
11 July 1947
Wettest day
62 mm
7 December 2000
Windiest day
24.9 km/h
9 April 1991
Strongest gust
61.6 km/h
4 September 1979
Hottest feels-like
35.4 °C
7 October 2023
Coldest feels-like
0.4 °C
11 July 1947
Sunniest day
12.5 h
21 November 1946
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 25.0 °C | 0.0 °C | 113 mm | +5 mm |
| Feb | 26.1 °C | +0.4 °C | 44 mm | -62 mm |
| Mar | 27.1 °C | +1.5 °C | 129 mm | -35 mm |
| Apr | 26.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 105 mm | +19 mm |
| May | 27.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 19 mm | +13 mm |
| Jun | 27.9 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jul | 27.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 29.2 °C | +0.1 °C | 6 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 29.2 °C | 0.0 °C | 32 mm | -3 mm |
| Oct | 27.9 °C | +1.1 °C | 143 mm | -6 mm |
| Nov | 26.1 °C | +1.1 °C | 189 mm | -6 mm |
| Dec | 25.7 °C | +1.1 °C | 121 mm | -36 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cela?
Cela has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.7 °C and it receives 1,008 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cela?
The hottest day measured in Cela between 1940 and 2025 was 17 September 1947, reaching 35.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cela?
The coldest day measured in Cela between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 1947, at 3.7 °C.
Does it snow in Cela?
Almost never: Cela sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Cela warmed?
Yes: Cela warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cela?
The wettest day measured in Cela between 1940 and 2025 was 7 December 2000, with 62 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cela?
The windiest day measured in Cela between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1991, with winds reaching 24.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cela?
The warmest month in Cela is September (21.0 °C on average); the coldest is June (18.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Cela?
Cela receives on average 1,008 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cela?
Cela gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Cela?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cela.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cela?
In Cela, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 35.4 °C on 7 October 2023, and the lowest was 0.4 °C on 11 July 1947.
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