Dondo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Dondo?

Dondo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,137 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Dondo between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2015, reaching 34.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Dondo?

The coldest day measured in Dondo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 7.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Dondo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Dondo warmed?

Yes: Dondo warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Dondo?

The wettest day measured in Dondo between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1948, with 221 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Dondo?

The windiest day measured in Dondo between 1940 and 2025 was 11 June 2024, with winds reaching 23.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Dondo?

The warmest month in Dondo is February (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Dondo?

Dondo receives on average 1,137 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Dondo?

Dondo gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Dondo (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,137 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 February (22.6 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Dondo averages 0 frost days, 56 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 153 rainy days per year.

Dondo has warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 34.7 °C (on 14 September 2015) and the coldest 7.8 °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

DondoCuanza Norte Province

coords: -9.05°, 15.32°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.7°C

Average daily high

27.8°C

Average daily low

17.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,137mm

Sunshine / day

9.6h

Mean relative humidity

77%

Average peak wind

11.3km/h

Seasonal range

2.2°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

56 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

153 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.5 °C

Average feels-like low

19.4 °C

Average peak gust

30.1 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

31 d/yr

Solar radiation

19.1 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.9 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.30 · 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

34.7 °C

14 September 2015

Coldest day

7.8 °C

18 July 1950

Wettest day

221 mm

11 December 1948

Windiest day

23.7 km/h

11 June 2024

Strongest gust

66.2 km/h

9 April 1991

Hottest feels-like

38.8 °C

11 March 2024

Coldest feels-like

5.6 °C

18 July 1950

Sunniest day

12.3 h

1 December 1942

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.4 °C1 March 2025	12.7 °C12 July 2025	22.1 °C	1,080 mm	71
2024	33.1 °C25 May 2024	13.7 °C2 August 2024	22.4 °C	1,661 mm	100
2023	32.2 °C2 February 2023	14.2 °C21 July 2023	22.1 °C	1,507 mm	55
2022	31.2 °C18 May 2022	13.4 °C14 June 2022	21.8 °C	1,179 mm	49
2021	33.3 °C9 October 2021	14.7 °C13 July 2021	22.5 °C	1,354 mm	75
2020	33.0 °C9 September 2020	12.8 °C20 July 2020	22.5 °C	1,104 mm	73
2019	32.4 °C20 April 2019	13.6 °C27 June 2019	22.5 °C	1,265 mm	53
2018	31.5 °C23 July 2018	13.9 °C10 June 2018	22.3 °C	1,307 mm	40
2017	32.1 °C12 May 2017	13.7 °C23 July 2017	22.3 °C	1,057 mm	60
2016	32.5 °C5 August 2016	13.2 °C21 July 2016	22.5 °C	1,397 mm	49
2015	34.7 °C14 September 2015	12.9 °C7 August 2015	22.1 °C	1,413 mm	47
2014	32.8 °C29 July 2014	11.6 °C8 July 2014	22.2 °C	1,123 mm	65
2013	33.1 °C30 July 2013	11.7 °C9 August 2013	22.0 °C	1,197 mm	54
2012	33.2 °C10 June 2012	12.1 °C20 July 2012	22.2 °C	992 mm	78
2011	32.7 °C5 June 2011	12.5 °C23 July 2011	22.0 °C	1,146 mm	53
2010	32.8 °C16 August 2010	13.1 °C29 June 2010	22.3 °C	1,079 mm	79
2009	33.3 °C28 July 2009	12.9 °C5 July 2009	22.3 °C	1,252 mm	71
2008	31.7 °C6 October 2008	12.1 °C6 July 2008	21.7 °C	1,069 mm	28
2007	32.3 °C12 May 2007	13.2 °C25 June 2007	21.6 °C	1,321 mm	27
2006	32.4 °C26 July 2006	12.3 °C5 August 2006	21.6 °C	1,285 mm	47
2005	31.6 °C24 February 2005	11.8 °C23 June 2005	21.6 °C	1,581 mm	24
2004	31.9 °C18 May 2004	12.3 °C12 July 2004	21.7 °C	1,383 mm	42
2003	32.7 °C21 May 2003	11.8 °C1 July 2003	22.1 °C	1,222 mm	54
2002	32.5 °C24 February 2002	12.7 °C30 June 2002	21.9 °C	1,511 mm	36
2001	32.6 °C8 July 2001	11.2 °C20 July 2001	22.0 °C	959 mm	75
2000	32.8 °C13 August 2000	12.2 °C16 July 2000	21.7 °C	1,074 mm	55
1999	32.7 °C15 August 1999	13.1 °C21 June 1999	21.7 °C	1,443 mm	39
1998	33.9 °C26 August 1998	13.8 °C18 June 1998	22.6 °C	1,189 mm	93
1997	33.3 °C6 August 1997	11.8 °C6 July 1997	22.0 °C	1,241 mm	74
1996	32.2 °C20 June 1996	11.6 °C17 July 1996	21.8 °C	941 mm	60
1995	33.0 °C18 April 1995	13.1 °C11 July 1995	21.9 °C	1,246 mm	46
1994	33.0 °C19 February 1994	12.4 °C30 June 1994	21.8 °C	1,620 mm	56
1993	33.6 °C14 August 1993	13.3 °C7 July 1993	22.1 °C	1,070 mm	75
1992	32.1 °C13 March 1992	11.1 °C23 July 1992	21.2 °C	1,202 mm	17
1991	32.0 °C14 August 1991	11.7 °C18 June 1991	21.7 °C	1,106 mm	31
1990	33.0 °C22 August 1990	12.3 °C28 June 1990	22.0 °C	1,178 mm	59
1989	33.2 °C17 August 1989	13.0 °C18 July 1989	22.0 °C	982 mm	73
1988	32.9 °C31 May 1988	12.6 °C17 July 1988	22.1 °C	1,354 mm	71
1987	33.4 °C27 February 1987	12.4 °C28 July 1987	22.3 °C	1,061 mm	76
1986	34.1 °C22 August 1986	12.1 °C28 July 1986	21.9 °C	916 mm	88
1985	33.3 °C6 March 1985	11.5 °C23 June 1985	21.9 °C	942 mm	65
1984	34.1 °C13 August 1984	12.7 °C6 July 1984	22.2 °C	1,266 mm	107
1983	33.1 °C23 August 1983	10.3 °C26 June 1983	21.8 °C	1,149 mm	64
1982	31.5 °C20 February 1982	11.5 °C4 August 1982	21.6 °C	728 mm	39
1981	33.9 °C28 February 1981	11.4 °C7 August 1981	22.4 °C	643 mm	160
1980	32.9 °C16 May 1980	11.4 °C13 July 1980	22.1 °C	827 mm	117
1979	31.7 °C31 July 1979	12.3 °C2 July 1979	21.9 °C	768 mm	50
1978	32.1 °C5 March 1978	12.1 °C9 July 1978	21.3 °C	607 mm	40
1977	31.5 °C13 February 1977	12.2 °C30 June 1977	21.4 °C	854 mm	14
1976	32.7 °C13 September 1976	10.4 °C8 July 1976	21.0 °C	1,187 mm	12
1975	31.4 °C16 March 1975	11.8 °C24 July 1975	21.2 °C	1,072 mm	19
1974	31.2 °C11 February 1974	10.6 °C16 June 1974	20.9 °C	960 mm	3
1973	31.0 °C22 July 1973	12.0 °C10 August 1973	21.4 °C	1,073 mm	23
1972	30.5 °C21 March 1972	10.3 °C29 June 1972	21.0 °C	1,407 mm	3
1971	31.4 °C27 May 1971	11.9 °C20 July 1971	20.9 °C	1,264 mm	9
1970	31.5 °C7 February 1970	12.3 °C5 July 1970	21.2 °C	1,354 mm	10
1969	31.3 °C7 June 1969	12.7 °C28 June 1969	21.4 °C	1,026 mm	18
1968	30.1 °C3 May 1968	11.6 °C20 June 1968	20.9 °C	1,318 mm	3
1967	30.1 °C26 May 1967	11.1 °C23 July 1967	21.0 °C	1,220 mm	2
1966	31.7 °C16 May 1966	12.1 °C29 July 1966	21.5 °C	1,412 mm	21
1965	31.1 °C13 June 1965	12.4 °C24 June 1965	21.1 °C	1,326 mm	11
1964	30.6 °C18 February 1964	9.2 °C3 August 1964	20.8 °C	1,144 mm	3
1963	30.3 °C25 June 1963	8.9 °C14 July 1963	21.1 °C	867 mm	2
1962	30.5 °C23 May 1962	11.7 °C15 June 1962	20.9 °C	1,019 mm	1
1961	31.3 °C21 August 1961	12.2 °C12 June 1961	20.8 °C	1,264 mm	3
1960	30.8 °C21 July 1960	10.2 °C22 June 1960	21.1 °C	1,627 mm	3
1959	30.3 °C1 July 1959	12.2 °C21 June 1959	21.2 °C	1,463 mm	1
1958	32.9 °C26 March 1958	9.4 °C26 June 1958	21.4 °C	631 mm	49
1957	33.0 °C18 March 1957	9.3 °C28 June 1957	21.4 °C	1,016 mm	42
1956	33.7 °C1 March 1956	9.9 °C30 July 1956	21.4 °C	565 mm	62
1955	32.9 °C18 February 1955	9.7 °C11 July 1955	21.3 °C	778 mm	71
1954	32.9 °C23 August 1954	9.3 °C28 July 1954	21.5 °C	1,178 mm	109
1953	31.9 °C21 February 1953	10.6 °C22 June 1953	21.2 °C	638 mm	16
1952	31.3 °C10 June 1952	11.5 °C14 July 1952	21.3 °C	1,549 mm	31
1951	32.8 °C29 July 1951	11.2 °C18 July 1951	21.4 °C	1,336 mm	33
1950	33.9 °C15 August 1950	7.8 °C18 July 1950	21.1 °C	1,582 mm	26
1949	32.3 °C9 August 1949	12.1 °C8 June 1949	21.4 °C	1,534 mm	11
1948	33.2 °C29 January 1948	11.5 °C17 July 1948	21.7 °C	1,507 mm	106
1947	34.4 °C9 August 1947	10.1 °C11 July 1947	22.0 °C	773 mm	162
1946	34.3 °C11 March 1946	11.0 °C10 July 1946	21.8 °C	756 mm	127
1945	32.6 °C11 March 1945	11.5 °C25 June 1945	21.7 °C	1,046 mm	75
1944	33.6 °C13 September 1944	11.8 °C31 July 1944	21.9 °C	815 mm	103
1943	34.2 °C12 August 1943	9.9 °C3 July 1943	21.4 °C	1,173 mm	95
1942	34.3 °C4 February 1942	10.7 °C16 July 1942	22.1 °C	807 mm	164
1941	33.9 °C30 March 1941	12.2 °C1 July 1941	22.8 °C	305 mm	257
1940	33.9 °C12 August 1940	11.1 °C18 June 1940	21.7 °C	978 mm	134

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.2 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

71 d/yr

+15

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1080 mm

-58 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.0 °C	0.0 °C	76 mm	-9 mm
Feb	28.4 °C	+0.4 °C	87 mm	-1 mm
Mar	28.8 °C	+1.0 °C	150 mm	-34 mm
Apr	28.1 °C	+0.3 °C	292 mm	+74 mm
May	29.4 °C	+0.8 °C	71 mm	+20 mm
Jun	30.1 °C	+1.2 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Jul	29.1 °C	+0.4 °C	1 mm	0 mm
Aug	26.5 °C	-1.7 °C	8 mm	+2 mm
Sep	27.5 °C	-0.6 °C	16 mm	-23 mm
Oct	27.8 °C	+0.6 °C	81 mm	-39 mm
Nov	27.5 °C	+1.1 °C	152 mm	-50 mm
Dec	27.5 °C	+1.0 °C	146 mm	+3 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.4 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest day

12.7 °C

12 Jul 2025

Wettest day

32.2 mm

7 Mar 2025

Windiest day

18.8 km/h

24 May 2025

Strongest gust

50.8 km/h

27 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

38.1 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.5 °C

10 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

17 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Dondo?

Dondo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,137 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Dondo?

The hottest day measured in Dondo between 1940 and 2025 was 14 September 2015, reaching 34.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Dondo?

The coldest day measured in Dondo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 7.8 °C.

Does it snow in Dondo?

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

Has the climate of Dondo warmed?

Yes: Dondo warmed by +0.9 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Dondo?

The wettest day measured in Dondo between 1940 and 2025 was 11 December 1948, with 221 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Dondo?

The windiest day measured in Dondo between 1940 and 2025 was 11 June 2024, with winds reaching 23.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Dondo?

The warmest month in Dondo is February (22.6 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Dondo?

Dondo receives on average 1,137 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 153 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Dondo?

Dondo gets on average 9.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,504 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Dondo?

Yes: Dondo has on average 31 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Dondo?

In Dondo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.8 °C on 11 March 2024, and the lowest was 5.6 °C on 18 July 1950.

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