Chindumbo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Chindumbo?

Chindumbo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 933 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Chindumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 2008, reaching 35.2 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Chindumbo?

The coldest day measured in Chindumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1963, at 4.9 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Chindumbo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Chindumbo warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Chindumbo?

The wettest day measured in Chindumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2021, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Chindumbo?

The windiest day measured in Chindumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1990, with winds reaching 23.5 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Chindumbo?

The warmest month in Chindumbo is May (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.6 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Chindumbo?

Chindumbo receives on average 933 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Chindumbo?

Chindumbo gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Chindumbo (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 933 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 May (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is July (19.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Chindumbo averages 0 frost days, 55 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 146 rainy days per year.

Chindumbo has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.2 °C (on 7 October 2008) and the coldest 4.9 °C (on 12 July 1963).

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

ChindumboBenguela Province

coords: -11.95°, 14.47°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJulyWettest monthMarchDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

20.5°C

Average daily high

27.5°C

Average daily low

15.7°C

Annual rainfall

933mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

75%

Average peak wind

11.3km/h

Seasonal range

1.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

55 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

146 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.4 °C

Average feels-like low

16.5 °C

Average peak gust

32.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

1 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.8 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.45 · 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

35.2 °C

7 October 2008

Coldest day

4.9 °C

12 July 1963

Wettest day

125 mm

26 March 2021

Windiest day

23.5 km/h

12 June 1990

Strongest gust

57.2 km/h

12 June 1990

Hottest feels-like

37.5 °C

21 February 2024

Coldest feels-like

1.7 °C

10 July 1947

Sunniest day

12.5 h

21 January 2022

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.5 °C2 September 2025	11.4 °C22 August 2025	21.4 °C	785 mm	71
2024	33.3 °C1 September 2024	11.3 °C31 July 2024	21.7 °C	1,392 mm	119
2023	33.2 °C12 February 2023	11.7 °C29 June 2023	21.6 °C	1,173 mm	88
2022	31.9 °C12 August 2022	10.9 °C21 June 2022	20.7 °C	919 mm	17
2021	31.7 °C9 October 2021	12.3 °C13 July 2021	21.1 °C	878 mm	18
2020	32.0 °C9 September 2020	12.3 °C20 July 2020	21.2 °C	894 mm	20
2019	31.0 °C15 August 2019	11.7 °C24 June 2019	21.2 °C	1,214 mm	21
2018	30.8 °C28 September 2018	11.2 °C10 June 2018	21.0 °C	1,165 mm	9
2017	31.5 °C22 August 2017	11.7 °C7 July 2017	21.3 °C	692 mm	25
2016	32.5 °C23 August 2016	10.3 °C26 July 2016	21.3 °C	1,153 mm	25
2015	32.4 °C14 September 2015	11.1 °C26 June 2015	20.9 °C	1,283 mm	26
2014	33.3 °C26 August 2014	10.4 °C7 July 2014	21.0 °C	993 mm	60
2013	32.9 °C2 October 2013	10.9 °C14 July 2013	20.9 °C	920 mm	74
2012	32.6 °C12 September 2012	9.8 °C20 July 2012	20.8 °C	781 mm	105
2011	33.1 °C27 September 2011	10.1 °C9 June 2011	20.6 °C	886 mm	77
2010	32.7 °C24 August 2010	11.6 °C21 August 2010	21.1 °C	995 mm	73
2009	34.3 °C1 September 2009	9.6 °C11 July 2009	21.2 °C	822 mm	108
2008	35.2 °C7 October 2008	9.5 °C5 July 2008	20.5 °C	879 mm	49
2007	33.7 °C16 September 2007	10.1 °C11 June 2007	20.6 °C	922 mm	53
2006	32.8 °C15 August 2006	10.0 °C17 May 2006	20.7 °C	953 mm	52
2005	32.7 °C10 September 2005	10.7 °C23 June 2005	20.7 °C	966 mm	31
2004	32.2 °C12 September 2004	10.9 °C21 June 2004	20.4 °C	1,155 mm	21
2003	32.8 °C31 July 2003	10.8 °C19 August 2003	20.9 °C	1,128 mm	55
2002	34.9 °C14 September 2002	8.6 °C28 June 2002	20.9 °C	992 mm	66
2001	32.7 °C10 October 2001	10.5 °C24 June 2001	20.5 °C	849 mm	42
2000	32.8 °C28 August 2000	10.6 °C15 July 2000	20.5 °C	807 mm	60
1999	33.3 °C20 September 1999	11.6 °C30 June 1999	20.6 °C	967 mm	61
1998	33.6 °C25 August 1998	12.3 °C22 July 1998	21.3 °C	959 mm	111
1997	34.5 °C23 August 1997	11.1 °C27 May 1997	21.0 °C	897 mm	102
1996	32.5 °C16 May 1996	11.2 °C25 July 1996	20.8 °C	776 mm	89
1995	33.7 °C15 August 1995	11.8 °C13 July 1995	20.9 °C	881 mm	77
1994	32.1 °C12 September 1994	10.6 °C12 January 1994	20.6 °C	1,090 mm	55
1993	33.9 °C7 September 1993	11.2 °C5 August 1993	20.7 °C	872 mm	68
1992	31.4 °C16 September 1992	10.7 °C20 June 1992	20.4 °C	917 mm	30
1991	32.5 °C23 February 1991	6.9 °C8 June 1991	20.7 °C	841 mm	85
1990	34.0 °C7 September 1990	11.2 °C28 June 1990	20.9 °C	949 mm	98
1989	33.6 °C14 September 1989	9.9 °C6 June 1989	20.6 °C	770 mm	71
1988	32.8 °C19 August 1988	10.3 °C18 July 1988	20.7 °C	1,196 mm	67
1987	33.3 °C7 August 1987	11.7 °C28 June 1987	21.1 °C	928 mm	98
1986	34.0 °C22 August 1986	11.0 °C4 July 1986	20.8 °C	704 mm	100
1985	32.7 °C10 August 1985	10.6 °C24 June 1985	20.7 °C	675 mm	74
1984	34.1 °C25 August 1984	10.8 °C4 June 1984	20.6 °C	1,036 mm	73
1983	32.8 °C2 September 1983	8.6 °C24 June 1983	20.8 °C	983 mm	107
1982	33.4 °C5 September 1982	9.6 °C15 June 1982	20.4 °C	822 mm	56
1981	34.3 °C13 September 1981	8.3 °C22 June 1981	20.9 °C	680 mm	133
1980	34.2 °C1 October 1980	10.6 °C13 July 1980	21.1 °C	520 mm	155
1979	32.7 °C8 August 1979	10.5 °C8 July 1979	20.5 °C	965 mm	47
1978	31.4 °C5 February 1978	9.9 °C16 July 1978	20.0 °C	681 mm	11
1977	32.2 °C19 August 1977	10.5 °C30 June 1977	20.3 °C	805 mm	27
1976	33.0 °C17 September 1976	7.5 °C8 July 1976	19.7 °C	1,054 mm	18
1975	30.8 °C8 October 1975	9.7 °C29 July 1975	19.7 °C	1,046 mm	9
1974	30.8 °C13 August 1974	8.9 °C16 June 1974	19.7 °C	904 mm	7
1973	31.0 °C4 October 1973	9.7 °C1 July 1973	20.3 °C	917 mm	19
1972	31.3 °C6 September 1972	8.8 °C30 June 1972	20.0 °C	918 mm	3
1971	30.0 °C7 August 1971	10.6 °C18 July 1971	19.9 °C	852 mm	2
1970	31.2 °C15 September 1970	9.4 °C10 July 1970	20.1 °C	1,075 mm	8
1969	31.3 °C30 August 1969	10.6 °C27 June 1969	20.1 °C	1,182 mm	4
1968	31.8 °C10 September 1968	10.4 °C27 May 1968	19.9 °C	1,158 mm	11
1967	30.9 °C21 August 1967	10.0 °C30 May 1967	20.0 °C	1,079 mm	5
1966	31.4 °C10 September 1966	10.1 °C8 June 1966	20.3 °C	1,161 mm	7
1965	30.8 °C31 July 1965	9.6 °C4 June 1965	19.8 °C	1,324 mm	5
1964	29.8 °C22 April 1964	5.2 °C21 June 1964	19.9 °C	1,009 mm	0
1963	31.2 °C25 August 1963	4.9 °C12 July 1963	19.7 °C	974 mm	4
1962	30.3 °C2 September 1962	8.5 °C30 June 1962	19.8 °C	943 mm	2
1961	30.5 °C19 August 1961	7.3 °C12 June 1961	19.7 °C	1,064 mm	3
1960	30.5 °C5 August 1960	7.2 °C21 June 1960	19.8 °C	1,418 mm	3
1959	30.6 °C29 August 1959	8.9 °C22 May 1959	20.0 °C	1,267 mm	7
1958	31.3 °C29 October 1958	8.2 °C31 May 1958	19.9 °C	635 mm	10
1957	32.6 °C15 August 1957	5.0 °C27 June 1957	20.2 °C	930 mm	22
1956	31.5 °C15 August 1956	6.2 °C9 June 1956	19.8 °C	689 mm	8
1955	32.0 °C18 February 1955	8.4 °C5 February 1955	19.9 °C	754 mm	37
1954	33.3 °C24 April 1954	5.4 °C28 July 1954	20.4 °C	632 mm	130
1953	32.5 °C13 September 1953	10.1 °C21 June 1953	19.9 °C	761 mm	15
1952	32.3 °C22 September 1952	10.2 °C9 August 1952	20.0 °C	1,255 mm	22
1951	33.6 °C26 August 1951	8.0 °C17 July 1951	20.2 °C	1,305 mm	34
1950	32.7 °C7 September 1950	7.2 °C17 July 1950	19.8 °C	1,236 mm	27
1949	31.8 °C15 August 1949	10.4 °C2 June 1949	20.2 °C	1,147 mm	33
1948	33.0 °C26 August 1948	11.0 °C22 June 1948	20.3 °C	1,195 mm	109
1947	34.9 °C6 October 1947	5.7 °C11 July 1947	20.8 °C	606 mm	156
1946	34.4 °C2 February 1946	7.8 °C20 June 1946	20.8 °C	461 mm	133
1945	33.3 °C17 September 1945	9.6 °C26 June 1945	20.4 °C	714 mm	84
1944	34.4 °C20 September 1944	9.6 °C16 June 1944	20.7 °C	745 mm	112
1943	33.5 °C12 August 1943	8.1 °C3 July 1943	20.2 °C	843 mm	81
1942	33.4 °C17 August 1942	10.2 °C17 July 1942	20.6 °C	519 mm	134
1941	33.8 °C13 April 1941	10.6 °C1 August 1941	21.1 °C	404 mm	226
1940	33.3 °C13 September 1940	8.6 °C9 January 1940	20.3 °C	573 mm	107

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.1 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

71 d/yr

+16

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

785 mm

-148 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.4 °C	-0.5 °C	68 mm	-29 mm
Feb	27.0 °C	+0.4 °C	36 mm	-63 mm
Mar	27.7 °C	+1.3 °C	174 mm	-7 mm
Apr	27.6 °C	+0.3 °C	138 mm	+37 mm
May	29.1 °C	+0.3 °C	12 mm	+5 mm
Jun	29.8 °C	+1.2 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Jul	29.6 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	29.3 °C	-0.1 °C	2 mm	0 mm
Sep	29.1 °C	0.0 °C	25 mm	+4 mm
Oct	28.4 °C	+0.7 °C	93 mm	-18 mm
Nov	27.3 °C	+1.5 °C	136 mm	-38 mm
Dec	26.5 °C	+1.1 °C	101 mm	-39 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.5 °C

2 Sep 2025

Coldest day

11.4 °C

22 Aug 2025

Wettest day

24.6 mm

1 Apr 2025

Windiest day

20.1 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

50.0 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.9 °C

19 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

10.2 °C

11 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

16 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Chindumbo?

Chindumbo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 933 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Chindumbo?

The hottest day measured in Chindumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 7 October 2008, reaching 35.2 °C.

What is the coldest day in Chindumbo?

The coldest day measured in Chindumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1963, at 4.9 °C.

Does it snow in Chindumbo?

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

Has the climate of Chindumbo warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Chindumbo?

The wettest day measured in Chindumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 26 March 2021, with 125 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Chindumbo?

The windiest day measured in Chindumbo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 June 1990, with winds reaching 23.5 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Chindumbo?

The warmest month in Chindumbo is May (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is July (19.6 °C).

How much does it rain in Chindumbo?

Chindumbo receives on average 933 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 146 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Chindumbo?

Chindumbo gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Chindumbo?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Chindumbo?

In Chindumbo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.5 °C on 21 February 2024, and the lowest was 1.7 °C on 10 July 1947.

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