Cuímba climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Cuímba?

Cuímba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 1,235 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Cuímba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2020, reaching 35.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Cuímba?

The coldest day measured in Cuímba between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 8.1 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Cuímba?

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

Q: Has the climate of Cuímba warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Cuímba?

The wettest day measured in Cuímba between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1953, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Cuímba?

The windiest day measured in Cuímba between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1950, with winds reaching 20.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Cuímba?

The warmest month in Cuímba is March (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.3 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Cuímba?

Cuímba receives on average 1,235 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Cuímba?

Cuímba gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Cuímba (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 1,235 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 March (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (21.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Cuímba averages 0 frost days, 80 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 166 rainy days per year.

Cuímba 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 35.5 °C (on 20 February 2020) and the coldest 8.1 °C (on 18 July 1950).

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

CuímbaZaire Province

coords: -6.12°, 14.62°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

23.3°C

Average daily high

28.4°C

Average daily low

19.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,235mm

Sunshine / day

9.4h

Mean relative humidity

79%

Average peak wind

9.6km/h

Seasonal range

3.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

80 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

166 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.2 °C

Average feels-like low

22.1 °C

Average peak gust

26.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

205 d/yr

Solar radiation

17.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.1 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.46 · 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

35.5 °C

20 February 2020

Coldest day

8.1 °C

18 July 1950

Wettest day

136 mm

3 December 1953

Windiest day

20.7 km/h

22 August 1950

Strongest gust

46.8 km/h

10 April 1942

Hottest feels-like

42.1 °C

4 February 1998

Coldest feels-like

6.1 °C

18 July 1950

Sunniest day

12.1 h

18 January 1972

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	35.0 °C19 February 2025	15.6 °C13 August 2025	23.9 °C	1,328 mm	135
2024	34.9 °C12 March 2024	15.8 °C2 August 2024	24.4 °C	1,543 mm	167
2023	33.3 °C19 April 2023	16.6 °C7 July 2023	24.0 °C	1,701 mm	130
2022	33.9 °C11 February 2022	15.6 °C7 August 2022	23.8 °C	1,303 mm	134
2021	33.2 °C10 March 2021	16.2 °C21 July 2021	24.4 °C	1,376 mm	152
2020	35.5 °C20 February 2020	16.3 °C8 July 2020	24.3 °C	1,276 mm	132
2019	34.0 °C10 March 2019	15.8 °C27 June 2019	24.4 °C	1,581 mm	143
2018	32.9 °C16 February 2018	15.7 °C7 June 2018	24.2 °C	1,308 mm	120
2017	33.7 °C4 April 2017	14.9 °C8 July 2017	24.0 °C	1,304 mm	100
2016	33.2 °C6 October 2016	15.1 °C25 July 2016	24.3 °C	1,443 mm	123
2015	32.7 °C26 October 2015	15.8 °C26 June 2015	23.9 °C	1,346 mm	84
2014	32.8 °C18 February 2014	13.3 °C7 July 2014	23.8 °C	1,293 mm	95
2013	34.0 °C22 February 2013	14.1 °C11 August 2013	23.7 °C	1,305 mm	103
2012	34.8 °C14 March 2012	14.6 °C24 July 2012	23.8 °C	1,097 mm	101
2011	33.3 °C7 March 2011	14.2 °C23 July 2011	23.6 °C	1,438 mm	84
2010	35.1 °C4 March 2010	15.3 °C15 July 2010	24.1 °C	1,257 mm	124
2009	33.4 °C23 September 2009	15.6 °C12 July 2009	23.9 °C	1,626 mm	114
2008	33.9 °C6 October 2008	13.4 °C5 July 2008	23.6 °C	1,250 mm	99
2007	33.7 °C1 April 2007	15.2 °C27 July 2007	23.5 °C	1,492 mm	95
2006	32.8 °C6 April 2006	13.6 °C8 August 2006	23.4 °C	1,435 mm	71
2005	33.7 °C20 February 2005	15.4 °C10 July 2005	23.5 °C	1,416 mm	91
2004	32.5 °C9 January 2004	15.2 °C24 July 2004	23.3 °C	1,364 mm	68
2003	32.4 °C17 March 2003	14.9 °C26 June 2003	23.7 °C	1,414 mm	71
2002	33.1 °C24 February 2002	13.7 °C19 July 2002	23.4 °C	1,698 mm	51
2001	32.5 °C7 September 2001	13.7 °C18 August 2001	23.4 °C	983 mm	72
2000	32.5 °C20 March 2000	14.0 °C17 July 2000	23.2 °C	1,400 mm	66
1999	32.8 °C29 January 1999	15.0 °C27 July 1999	23.4 °C	1,622 mm	64
1998	33.8 °C4 February 1998	16.0 °C26 July 1998	24.1 °C	1,516 mm	124
1997	33.5 °C3 October 1997	13.6 °C3 July 1997	23.6 °C	1,256 mm	94
1996	32.2 °C23 September 1996	13.5 °C15 July 1996	23.1 °C	1,241 mm	59
1995	33.5 °C31 March 1995	15.2 °C13 July 1995	23.4 °C	1,465 mm	59
1994	32.9 °C18 February 1994	14.8 °C4 July 1994	23.1 °C	1,442 mm	75
1993	32.4 °C29 March 1993	15.7 °C4 July 1993	23.3 °C	1,252 mm	56
1992	32.7 °C21 April 1992	14.0 °C23 June 1992	23.0 °C	1,350 mm	46
1991	32.5 °C15 March 1991	15.3 °C31 July 1991	23.3 °C	1,310 mm	62
1990	33.2 °C31 March 1990	14.5 °C28 June 1990	23.4 °C	1,312 mm	79
1989	31.7 °C21 September 1989	15.1 °C12 July 1989	23.2 °C	1,227 mm	50
1988	33.9 °C18 October 1988	15.4 °C22 July 1988	23.7 °C	1,342 mm	92
1987	32.8 °C20 March 1987	15.2 °C7 July 1987	23.7 °C	1,383 mm	83
1986	32.4 °C23 February 1986	14.4 °C11 August 1986	23.3 °C	1,206 mm	78
1985	33.8 °C7 March 1985	13.5 °C17 June 1985	23.2 °C	1,254 mm	69
1984	33.7 °C19 March 1984	15.1 °C31 July 1984	23.6 °C	1,402 mm	82
1983	32.6 °C19 April 1983	12.4 °C26 June 1983	23.3 °C	1,332 mm	75
1982	32.6 °C28 March 1982	14.2 °C15 June 1982	23.1 °C	808 mm	50
1981	33.5 °C10 March 1981	13.3 °C21 July 1981	23.4 °C	901 mm	94
1980	33.5 °C4 February 1980	13.8 °C7 August 1980	23.4 °C	927 mm	94
1979	33.0 °C4 March 1979	15.0 °C29 July 1979	23.4 °C	1,030 mm	72
1978	34.0 °C17 March 1978	13.7 °C3 August 1978	23.3 °C	669 mm	67
1977	32.3 °C19 April 1977	12.6 °C30 June 1977	23.1 °C	1,034 mm	39
1976	32.0 °C13 September 1976	11.5 °C9 July 1976	22.7 °C	1,017 mm	23
1975	32.6 °C23 March 1975	14.1 °C6 August 1975	22.8 °C	1,387 mm	30
1974	31.9 °C16 December 1974	14.2 °C3 July 1974	22.6 °C	1,212 mm	24
1973	32.3 °C18 March 1973	13.5 °C10 August 1973	23.0 °C	1,273 mm	42
1972	31.4 °C19 February 1972	13.4 °C26 June 1972	22.6 °C	1,396 mm	24
1971	32.0 °C20 March 1971	14.1 °C21 July 1971	22.6 °C	1,302 mm	28
1970	32.1 °C23 March 1970	15.1 °C13 July 1970	22.8 °C	1,464 mm	38
1969	31.9 °C27 April 1969	14.5 °C28 June 1969	23.0 °C	1,332 mm	49
1968	31.8 °C25 February 1968	13.1 °C19 June 1968	22.6 °C	1,171 mm	24
1967	33.0 °C5 April 1967	13.3 °C23 July 1967	22.6 °C	1,177 mm	17
1966	31.8 °C30 September 1966	14.7 °C31 July 1966	23.3 °C	1,372 mm	46
1965	31.4 °C1 July 1965	14.8 °C4 July 1965	22.8 °C	1,070 mm	40
1964	31.7 °C13 February 1964	12.5 °C3 August 1964	22.9 °C	967 mm	30
1963	32.2 °C25 September 1963	13.1 °C13 July 1963	23.3 °C	755 mm	51
1962	31.7 °C24 September 1962	15.0 °C3 August 1962	22.7 °C	1,147 mm	13
1961	31.6 °C30 March 1961	13.7 °C31 July 1961	22.4 °C	1,377 mm	23
1960	31.4 °C9 December 1960	13.3 °C22 June 1960	22.9 °C	1,451 mm	26
1959	32.1 °C9 March 1959	14.8 °C22 June 1959	22.8 °C	1,528 mm	36
1958	34.3 °C21 March 1958	10.6 °C26 June 1958	23.1 °C	663 mm	105
1957	34.6 °C1 October 1957	12.3 °C28 June 1957	23.3 °C	1,000 mm	92
1956	34.5 °C29 February 1956	12.6 °C22 July 1956	23.1 °C	850 mm	105
1955	34.9 °C13 March 1955	13.3 °C7 August 1955	23.1 °C	759 mm	97
1954	33.6 °C15 September 1954	11.9 °C28 July 1954	22.8 °C	1,234 mm	81
1953	33.7 °C13 March 1953	12.7 °C27 June 1953	23.0 °C	1,000 mm	66
1952	31.5 °C23 February 1952	12.2 °C11 July 1952	22.7 °C	1,429 mm	37
1951	32.3 °C5 October 1951	13.6 °C24 July 1951	22.9 °C	1,375 mm	38
1950	32.3 °C27 February 1950	8.1 °C18 July 1950	22.5 °C	1,296 mm	39
1949	31.3 °C21 October 1949	14.2 °C27 July 1949	22.9 °C	1,301 mm	34
1948	32.1 °C30 August 1948	13.3 °C22 July 1948	22.9 °C	1,225 mm	49
1947	34.5 °C22 September 1947	12.1 °C20 July 1947	23.5 °C	959 mm	175
1946	33.2 °C11 March 1946	13.0 °C11 August 1946	23.1 °C	852 mm	111
1945	33.7 °C20 September 1945	13.1 °C29 June 1945	23.0 °C	1,268 mm	76
1944	33.8 °C19 September 1944	13.0 °C5 August 1944	23.2 °C	1,136 mm	98
1943	34.3 °C18 October 1943	12.0 °C2 July 1943	22.9 °C	1,167 mm	118
1942	35.1 °C14 October 1942	12.9 °C16 July 1942	23.7 °C	833 mm	168
1941	35.1 °C30 March 1941	13.5 °C27 August 1941	24.1 °C	409 mm	247
1940	34.7 °C13 February 1940	13.7 °C16 July 1940	23.6 °C	765 mm	153

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.9 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

135 d/yr

+55

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1328 mm

+93 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.3 °C	+0.7 °C	181 mm	+38 mm
Feb	30.2 °C	+0.8 °C	171 mm	+55 mm
Mar	30.2 °C	+0.5 °C	160 mm	-1 mm
Apr	30.3 °C	+1.0 °C	216 mm	+2 mm
May	30.0 °C	+1.5 °C	136 mm	+34 mm
Jun	28.6 °C	+1.0 °C	10 mm	+7 mm
Jul	26.6 °C	-0.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	26.1 °C	-1.2 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Sep	28.1 °C	-0.1 °C	8 mm	-6 mm
Oct	29.3 °C	+0.5 °C	28 mm	-59 mm
Nov	29.1 °C	+0.6 °C	243 mm	+45 mm
Dec	29.3 °C	+1.0 °C	173 mm	-19 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.0 °C

19 Feb 2025

Coldest day

15.6 °C

13 Aug 2025

Wettest day

34.5 mm

12 Feb 2025

Windiest day

14.6 km/h

25 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

41.4 km/h

13 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

40.3 °C

27 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

15.8 °C

17 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

8 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Cuímba?

Cuímba has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.3 °C and it receives 1,235 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cuímba?

The hottest day measured in Cuímba between 1940 and 2025 was 20 February 2020, reaching 35.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Cuímba?

The coldest day measured in Cuímba between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 8.1 °C.

Does it snow in Cuímba?

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

Has the climate of Cuímba warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Cuímba?

The wettest day measured in Cuímba between 1940 and 2025 was 3 December 1953, with 136 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Cuímba?

The windiest day measured in Cuímba between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1950, with winds reaching 20.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Cuímba?

The warmest month in Cuímba is March (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (21.3 °C).

How much does it rain in Cuímba?

Cuímba receives on average 1,235 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 166 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Cuímba?

Cuímba gets on average 9.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,431 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Cuímba?

Yes: Cuímba has on average 205 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cuímba?

In Cuímba, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 42.1 °C on 4 February 1998, and the lowest was 6.1 °C on 18 July 1950.

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