Cuito climate — normals and trends
Cuito (Angola) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 1,339 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 (21.8 °C on average) and the coldest is June (16.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Cuito averages 0 frost days, 13 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 157 rainy days per year.
Cuito 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 35.2 °C (on 28 September 2008) and the coldest 2.1 °C (on 2 July 1994).
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
CuitoBíe Province
- coords
- -12.38°, 16.93°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
19.1°C
Average daily high
25.2°C
Average daily low
13.6°C
Annual rainfall
1,339mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
63%
Average peak wind
12.5km/h
Seasonal range
4.9°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
13 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
157 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.1 °C
Average feels-like low
12.7 °C
Average peak gust
31.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.1 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
35.2 °C
28 September 2008
Coldest day
2.1 °C
2 July 1994
Wettest day
75 mm
28 January 1983
Windiest day
27.9 km/h
26 February 2010
Strongest gust
59.4 km/h
10 March 1954
Hottest feels-like
34.6 °C
17 October 2003
Coldest feels-like
-2.2 °C
2 July 1994
Sunniest day
12.7 h
27 November 1942
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 | 25.1 °C | +0.9 °C | 244 mm | +26 mm |
| Feb | 25.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 97 mm | -94 mm |
| Mar | 25.3 °C | +1.3 °C | 247 mm | +46 mm |
| Apr | 24.8 °C | +0.6 °C | 200 mm | +124 mm |
| May | 24.5 °C | -0.4 °C | 5 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 24.8 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | +0 mm |
| Jul | 24.9 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 27.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 29.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 19 mm | -4 mm |
| Oct | 28.7 °C | +1.7 °C | 110 mm | -38 mm |
| Nov | 26.1 °C | +1.6 °C | 229 mm | +3 mm |
| Dec | 24.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 226 mm | -21 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Cuito?
Cuito has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.1 °C and it receives 1,339 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Cuito?
The hottest day measured in Cuito between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2008, reaching 35.2 °C.
What is the coldest day in Cuito?
The coldest day measured in Cuito between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1994, at 2.1 °C.
Does it snow in Cuito?
Almost never: Cuito sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Cuito warmed?
Yes: Cuito warmed by +1.1 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Cuito?
The wettest day measured in Cuito between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1983, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Cuito?
The windiest day measured in Cuito between 1940 and 2025 was 26 February 2010, with winds reaching 27.9 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Cuito?
The warmest month in Cuito is September (21.8 °C on average); the coldest is June (16.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Cuito?
Cuito receives on average 1,339 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 157 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Cuito?
Cuito gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Cuito?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Cuito.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Cuito?
In Cuito, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 34.6 °C on 17 October 2003, and the lowest was -2.2 °C on 2 July 1994.
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