Huambo climate — normals and trends
Huambo (Angola) has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Cwb) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 1,202 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 (21.2 °C on average) and the coldest is June (16.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.
Huambo averages 0 frost days, 11 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.
Huambo has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.14 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 33.7 °C (on 11 October 2021) and the coldest 2.6 °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
HuamboHuambo Province
- coords
- -12.78°, 15.74°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
18.7°C
Average daily high
25.1°C
Average daily low
13.2°C
Annual rainfall
1,202mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
64%
Average peak wind
12.0km/h
Seasonal range
4.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
11 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
144 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
26.0 °C
Average feels-like low
12.5 °C
Average peak gust
30.2 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
21.1 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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
33.7 °C
11 October 2021
Coldest day
2.6 °C
12 July 1963
Wettest day
70 mm
13 January 2011
Windiest day
36.5 km/h
28 January 1983
Strongest gust
69.5 km/h
28 January 1983
Hottest feels-like
33.9 °C
12 October 2010
Coldest feels-like
-0.8 °C
16 June 1974
Sunniest day
12.6 h
20 November 2025
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 | 24.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 162 mm | -17 mm |
| Feb | 24.9 °C | +0.6 °C | 69 mm | -94 mm |
| Mar | 25.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 255 mm | +72 mm |
| Apr | 25.2 °C | +0.9 °C | 116 mm | +44 mm |
| May | 24.5 °C | -0.1 °C | 13 mm | +8 mm |
| Jun | 25.2 °C | +1.0 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 25.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Aug | 27.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 5 mm | +4 mm |
| Sep | 29.4 °C | +0.8 °C | 17 mm | -5 mm |
| Oct | 28.4 °C | +1.6 °C | 136 mm | -9 mm |
| Nov | 25.9 °C | +1.4 °C | 197 mm | -23 mm |
| Dec | 24.8 °C | +0.9 °C | 133 mm | -79 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Huambo?
Huambo has a subtropical highland, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwb). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 18.7 °C and it receives 1,202 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Huambo?
The hottest day measured in Huambo between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 2021, reaching 33.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Huambo?
The coldest day measured in Huambo between 1940 and 2025 was 12 July 1963, at 2.6 °C.
Does it snow in Huambo?
Almost never: Huambo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Huambo warmed?
Yes: Huambo warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Huambo?
The wettest day measured in Huambo between 1940 and 2025 was 13 January 2011, with 70 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Huambo?
The windiest day measured in Huambo between 1940 and 2025 was 28 January 1983, with winds reaching 36.5 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Huambo?
The warmest month in Huambo is September (21.2 °C on average); the coldest is June (16.5 °C).
How much does it rain in Huambo?
Huambo receives on average 1,202 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Huambo?
Huambo gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Huambo?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Huambo.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Huambo?
In Huambo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 33.9 °C on 12 October 2010, and the lowest was -0.8 °C on 16 June 1974.
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