Ganda climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Ganda?

Ganda has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,401 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Ganda between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1947, reaching 35.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Ganda?

The coldest day measured in Ganda between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1963, at 3.3 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Ganda?

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

Q: Has the climate of Ganda warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Ganda?

The wettest day measured in Ganda between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1941, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Ganda?

The windiest day measured in Ganda between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 2022, with winds reaching 22.4 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Ganda?

The warmest month in Ganda is September (20.9 °C on average); the coldest is June (18.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Ganda?

Ganda receives on average 1,401 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Ganda?

Ganda gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Ganda (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,401 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 (20.9 °C on average) and the coldest is June (18.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.

Ganda averages 0 frost days, 40 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 147 rainy days per year.

Ganda 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 35.8 °C (on 6 October 1947) and the coldest 3.3 °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

GandaBenguela Province

coords: -13.02°, 14.64°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthJuneWettest monthMarchDriest monthJune

Mean daily temperature

19.6°C

Average daily high

26.8°C

Average daily low

14.0°C

Annual rainfall

1,401mm

Sunshine / day

10.3h

Mean relative humidity

70%

Average peak wind

10.6km/h

Seasonal range

2.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

40 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

147 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.5 °C

Average feels-like low

14.2 °C

Average peak gust

32.8 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

21.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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

35.8 °C

6 October 1947

Coldest day

3.3 °C

12 July 1963

Wettest day

69 mm

2 March 1941

Windiest day

22.4 km/h

1 June 2022

Strongest gust

62.3 km/h

1 June 2022

Hottest feels-like

36.2 °C

24 October 2024

Coldest feels-like

0.6 °C

27 June 1957

Sunniest day

12.5 h

17 November 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.9 °C1 September 2025	8.3 °C11 July 2025	20.4 °C	1,277 mm	46
2024	34.2 °C11 September 2024	8.4 °C17 June 2024	21.0 °C	1,823 mm	107
2023	34.3 °C23 August 2023	8.4 °C29 June 2023	20.9 °C	1,421 mm	65
2022	33.9 °C9 September 2022	8.8 °C21 June 2022	20.1 °C	1,327 mm	36
2021	34.0 °C22 September 2021	9.4 °C7 July 2021	20.7 °C	1,012 mm	63
2020	33.3 °C6 October 2020	8.9 °C7 July 2020	20.3 °C	1,415 mm	33
2019	34.3 °C5 September 2019	9.6 °C13 June 2019	20.6 °C	1,758 mm	46
2018	33.2 °C13 September 2018	8.9 °C10 June 2018	20.4 °C	1,591 mm	48
2017	35.0 °C8 September 2017	9.2 °C7 July 2017	20.5 °C	1,062 mm	51
2016	34.5 °C18 September 2016	8.8 °C13 July 2016	20.5 °C	1,754 mm	40
2015	33.1 °C24 September 2015	9.1 °C26 June 2015	20.4 °C	1,559 mm	43
2014	32.9 °C30 September 2014	7.5 °C18 July 2014	20.0 °C	1,602 mm	47
2013	33.9 °C17 September 2013	8.5 °C13 July 2013	20.1 °C	1,437 mm	57
2012	34.3 °C12 September 2012	8.0 °C19 July 2012	20.1 °C	1,207 mm	61
2011	33.3 °C21 September 2011	7.0 °C9 June 2011	19.7 °C	1,484 mm	48
2010	34.5 °C7 October 2010	8.8 °C11 July 2010	20.1 °C	1,441 mm	74
2009	35.2 °C19 September 2009	8.8 °C11 July 2009	20.3 °C	1,080 mm	57
2008	35.6 °C27 September 2008	7.6 °C5 July 2008	19.6 °C	1,223 mm	66
2007	34.3 °C16 September 2007	8.2 °C10 June 2007	19.7 °C	1,518 mm	45
2006	33.6 °C21 September 2006	8.9 °C8 June 2006	19.5 °C	1,598 mm	28
2005	34.1 °C8 September 2005	8.3 °C23 June 2005	20.0 °C	1,665 mm	35
2004	32.7 °C13 September 2004	8.2 °C20 June 2004	19.5 °C	1,830 mm	33
2003	32.9 °C2 September 2003	7.9 °C1 July 2003	19.8 °C	1,813 mm	38
2002	32.7 °C28 September 2002	5.8 °C28 June 2002	19.7 °C	1,632 mm	32
2001	34.6 °C9 September 2001	8.2 °C25 July 2001	19.5 °C	1,425 mm	35
2000	33.1 °C27 September 2000	8.5 °C10 July 2000	19.4 °C	1,206 mm	39
1999	33.8 °C18 September 1999	8.9 °C29 June 1999	19.5 °C	1,525 mm	33
1998	33.1 °C15 September 1998	8.7 °C20 June 1998	20.3 °C	1,457 mm	49
1997	33.9 °C29 September 1997	6.8 °C3 July 1997	19.8 °C	1,377 mm	48
1996	33.7 °C8 September 1996	8.9 °C2 July 1996	20.0 °C	1,195 mm	59
1995	33.3 °C7 September 1995	8.5 °C12 July 1995	19.8 °C	1,371 mm	43
1994	33.0 °C19 September 1994	6.6 °C3 July 1994	19.7 °C	1,493 mm	26
1993	33.8 °C12 September 1993	8.7 °C14 June 1993	19.5 °C	1,689 mm	33
1992	33.3 °C10 September 1992	8.3 °C22 July 1992	19.5 °C	1,465 mm	20
1991	33.1 °C23 February 1991	5.7 °C8 June 1991	19.8 °C	1,294 mm	39
1990	33.7 °C18 September 1990	9.6 °C9 July 1990	19.8 °C	1,767 mm	37
1989	34.0 °C22 September 1989	8.4 °C5 June 1989	19.8 °C	994 mm	48
1988	33.0 °C4 October 1988	7.5 °C14 July 1988	19.6 °C	1,687 mm	31
1987	32.3 °C17 August 1987	7.6 °C29 June 1987	20.0 °C	1,551 mm	43
1986	32.9 °C14 September 1986	8.7 °C27 June 1986	19.8 °C	1,051 mm	51
1985	32.5 °C6 September 1985	7.1 °C15 July 1985	19.4 °C	987 mm	29
1984	33.8 °C9 September 1984	7.2 °C24 July 1984	19.3 °C	1,686 mm	32
1983	34.5 °C18 September 1983	7.1 °C8 August 1983	19.7 °C	1,630 mm	39
1982	33.5 °C21 September 1982	7.0 °C19 July 1982	19.4 °C	1,269 mm	31
1981	33.4 °C15 September 1981	7.1 °C22 June 1981	19.9 °C	1,039 mm	49
1980	34.2 °C2 October 1980	7.9 °C13 July 1980	20.2 °C	763 mm	81
1979	33.2 °C22 September 1979	7.7 °C6 July 1979	19.5 °C	1,460 mm	34
1978	32.3 °C22 February 1978	7.3 °C8 July 1978	19.2 °C	994 mm	13
1977	32.1 °C6 September 1977	8.2 °C30 June 1977	19.4 °C	1,206 mm	17
1976	33.3 °C16 September 1976	6.5 °C8 July 1976	18.7 °C	1,813 mm	22
1975	32.0 °C23 September 1975	7.3 °C30 June 1975	18.8 °C	1,752 mm	20
1974	31.0 °C23 September 1974	6.0 °C16 June 1974	18.8 °C	1,312 mm	8
1973	33.3 °C4 October 1973	7.6 °C20 July 1973	19.5 °C	1,427 mm	28
1972	31.9 °C13 September 1972	6.0 °C29 June 1972	19.3 °C	1,275 mm	21
1971	32.0 °C18 September 1971	7.9 °C18 July 1971	19.2 °C	1,115 mm	28
1970	32.9 °C5 September 1970	7.1 °C7 June 1970	19.5 °C	1,395 mm	25
1969	32.5 °C3 October 1969	8.2 °C27 June 1969	19.5 °C	1,744 mm	32
1968	32.6 °C10 September 1968	7.6 °C26 June 1968	19.1 °C	1,511 mm	21
1967	31.3 °C6 September 1967	6.6 °C21 July 1967	19.1 °C	1,513 mm	19
1966	31.6 °C10 September 1966	8.8 °C18 July 1966	19.6 °C	1,402 mm	7
1965	31.4 °C14 September 1965	6.9 °C4 June 1965	18.9 °C	1,831 mm	16
1964	31.8 °C1 October 1964	4.6 °C21 June 1964	19.0 °C	1,526 mm	3
1963	31.2 °C9 September 1963	3.3 °C12 July 1963	18.7 °C	1,571 mm	13
1962	31.2 °C15 September 1962	5.0 °C29 June 1962	19.1 °C	1,278 mm	4
1961	31.4 °C2 September 1961	7.0 °C12 June 1961	18.8 °C	1,823 mm	4
1960	31.5 °C7 September 1960	5.1 °C21 June 1960	18.8 °C	1,957 mm	9
1959	31.4 °C13 October 1959	6.8 °C22 May 1959	19.2 °C	1,711 mm	10
1958	32.4 °C22 September 1958	6.7 °C18 June 1958	19.1 °C	954 mm	23
1957	31.2 °C15 September 1957	3.7 °C27 June 1957	19.3 °C	1,619 mm	8
1956	32.6 °C8 September 1956	6.1 °C9 June 1956	18.9 °C	1,109 mm	32
1955	32.8 °C23 February 1955	7.1 °C23 June 1955	19.1 °C	1,098 mm	42
1954	33.8 °C23 October 1954	4.4 °C28 July 1954	19.7 °C	847 mm	90
1953	31.9 °C30 August 1953	7.3 °C28 June 1953	18.9 °C	1,350 mm	17
1952	33.5 °C5 September 1952	6.8 °C8 August 1952	19.2 °C	1,747 mm	40
1951	33.7 °C16 September 1951	6.0 °C17 July 1951	19.2 °C	1,942 mm	43
1950	32.9 °C19 September 1950	6.6 °C23 August 1950	19.1 °C	1,599 mm	27
1949	32.0 °C16 September 1949	8.2 °C15 June 1949	19.3 °C	1,570 mm	27
1948	34.5 °C13 September 1948	7.7 °C22 June 1948	19.5 °C	1,605 mm	47
1947	35.8 °C6 October 1947	5.1 °C10 July 1947	20.0 °C	929 mm	73
1946	34.0 °C2 February 1946	7.7 °C21 June 1946	20.2 °C	677 mm	110
1945	34.7 °C17 September 1945	8.0 °C26 June 1945	19.5 °C	1,218 mm	54
1944	35.5 °C20 September 1944	8.0 °C17 June 1944	19.9 °C	995 mm	67
1943	33.9 °C13 September 1943	6.3 °C3 July 1943	19.1 °C	1,462 mm	44
1942	33.2 °C5 September 1942	7.0 °C23 July 1942	19.8 °C	934 mm	81
1941	33.6 °C6 November 1941	8.3 °C22 June 1941	20.3 °C	772 mm	135
1940	33.3 °C5 September 1940	7.8 °C1 July 1940	19.3 °C	975 mm	58

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.4 °C

+0.6 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

46 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1277 mm

-124 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.1 °C	+0.3 °C	90 mm	-70 mm
Feb	25.6 °C	+0.1 °C	61 mm	-114 mm
Mar	26.7 °C	+1.1 °C	421 mm	+142 mm
Apr	26.9 °C	+0.6 °C	171 mm	+46 mm
May	26.9 °C	-0.1 °C	9 mm	+2 mm
Jun	27.8 °C	+1.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Jul	28.2 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	30.0 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-1 mm
Sep	30.4 °C	+0.1 °C	36 mm	+11 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	+0.7 °C	108 mm	-47 mm
Nov	27.3 °C	+1.7 °C	222 mm	-41 mm
Dec	25.6 °C	+0.8 °C	159 mm	-52 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.9 °C

1 Sep 2025

Coldest day

8.3 °C

11 Jul 2025

Wettest day

54.7 mm

8 Mar 2025

Windiest day

18.4 km/h

31 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

52.6 km/h

3 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.7 °C

19 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.2 °C

11 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

17 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Ganda?

Ganda has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 19.6 °C and it receives 1,401 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Ganda?

The hottest day measured in Ganda between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1947, reaching 35.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Ganda?

The coldest day measured in Ganda between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1963, at 3.3 °C.

Does it snow in Ganda?

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

Has the climate of Ganda warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Ganda?

The wettest day measured in Ganda between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 1941, with 69 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Ganda?

The windiest day measured in Ganda between 1940 and 2025 was 1 June 2022, with winds reaching 22.4 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Ganda?

The warmest month in Ganda is September (20.9 °C on average); the coldest is June (18.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Ganda?

Ganda receives on average 1,401 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 147 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Ganda?

Ganda gets on average 10.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,760 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Ganda?

Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Ganda.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Ganda?

In Ganda, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.2 °C on 24 October 2024, and the lowest was 0.6 °C on 27 June 1957.

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