Cuemba climate — normals and trends
Cuemba (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,312 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 (23.6 °C on average) and the coldest is June (19.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Cuemba averages 0 frost days, 71 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 159 rainy days per year.
Cuemba has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 28 September 2008) and the coldest 2.2 °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
CuembaBíe Province
- coords
- -12.15°, 18.08°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.8°C
Average daily high
27.6°C
Average daily low
15.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,312mm
Sunshine / day
10.3h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
11.1km/h
Seasonal range
4.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
71 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
159 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
28.9 °C
Average feels-like low
14.7 °C
Average peak gust
30.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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
37.8 °C
28 September 2008
Coldest day
2.2 °C
30 June 1962
Wettest day
94 mm
20 January 2002
Windiest day
24.7 km/h
9 April 1991
Strongest gust
60.5 km/h
10 September 1990
Hottest feels-like
37.1 °C
12 October 2010
Coldest feels-like
-1.3 °C
30 June 1962
Sunniest day
12.7 h
3 December 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.7 °C | +0.9 °C | 227 mm | +16 mm |
| Feb | 26.1 °C | -0.1 °C | 130 mm | -59 mm |
| Mar | 26.6 °C | +0.6 °C | 251 mm | +43 mm |
| Apr | 26.8 °C | -0.1 °C | 207 mm | +121 mm |
| May | 27.5 °C | -0.8 °C | 7 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 27.7 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 27.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 30.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 32.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 1 mm | -20 mm |
| Oct | 31.6 °C | +2.5 °C | 57 mm | -69 mm |
| Nov | 27.8 °C | +1.7 °C | 195 mm | -28 mm |
| Dec | 26.5 °C | +0.9 °C | 178 mm | -64 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cuemba?
Cuemba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,312 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cuemba?
The hottest day measured in Cuemba between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2008, reaching 37.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cuemba?
The coldest day measured in Cuemba between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1962, at 2.2 °C.
Does it snow in Cuemba?
Almost never: Cuemba sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Cuemba warmed?
Yes: Cuemba warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cuemba?
The wettest day measured in Cuemba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 January 2002, with 94 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cuemba?
The windiest day measured in Cuemba between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1991, with winds reaching 24.7 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cuemba?
The warmest month in Cuemba is September (23.6 °C on average); the coldest is June (19.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Cuemba?
Cuemba receives on average 1,312 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 159 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cuemba?
Cuemba gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Cuemba?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cuemba.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cuemba?
In Cuemba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.1 °C on 12 October 2010, and the lowest was -1.3 °C on 30 June 1962.
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