Malanje climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Malanje?

Malanje has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 988 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Malanje between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1946, reaching 35.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Malanje?

The coldest day measured in Malanje between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 7.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Malanje?

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

Q: Has the climate of Malanje warmed?

Yes: Malanje warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Malanje?

The wettest day measured in Malanje between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 2016, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Malanje?

The windiest day measured in Malanje between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1950, with winds reaching 22.8 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Malanje?

The warmest month in Malanje is February (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Malanje?

Malanje receives on average 988 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Malanje?

Malanje gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Malanje (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 988 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 (22.2 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Malanje averages 0 frost days, 72 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 151 rainy days per year.

Malanje has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.11 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.5 °C (on 11 March 1946) and the coldest 7.6 °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

MalanjeMalanje Province

coords: -9.54°, 16.34°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthFebruaryColdest monthJulyWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.6°C

Average daily high

28.2°C

Average daily low

16.8°C

Annual rainfall

988mm

Sunshine / day

10.1h

Mean relative humidity

72%

Average peak wind

11.8km/h

Seasonal range

1.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

72 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

151 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.2 °C

Average feels-like low

17.7 °C

Average peak gust

29.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

3 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.0 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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

11 March 1946

Coldest day

7.6 °C

18 July 1950

Wettest day

75 mm

10 February 2016

Windiest day

22.8 km/h

22 August 1950

Strongest gust

60.5 km/h

9 April 1991

Hottest feels-like

38.4 °C

18 March 2019

Coldest feels-like

5.2 °C

17 July 1950

Sunniest day

12.5 h

30 November 2008

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.3 °C30 August 2025	12.0 °C11 July 2025	21.9 °C	899 mm	83
2024	34.7 °C15 September 2024	12.4 °C17 June 2024	22.2 °C	1,259 mm	133
2023	33.6 °C15 September 2023	13.2 °C24 June 2023	22.2 °C	1,099 mm	115
2022	32.3 °C9 September 2022	13.3 °C16 July 2022	21.7 °C	925 mm	45
2021	34.0 °C9 October 2021	12.0 °C13 July 2021	22.2 °C	1,019 mm	76
2020	32.6 °C9 September 2020	12.9 °C21 July 2020	22.3 °C	835 mm	63
2019	32.6 °C7 September 2019	13.0 °C29 July 2019	22.5 °C	1,022 mm	76
2018	32.5 °C27 October 2018	13.2 °C26 July 2018	22.1 °C	1,047 mm	42
2017	33.3 °C21 September 2017	12.8 °C7 July 2017	22.3 °C	894 mm	86
2016	32.9 °C24 August 2016	12.8 °C22 July 2016	22.5 °C	1,118 mm	83
2015	34.5 °C14 September 2015	13.1 °C9 August 2015	22.2 °C	1,187 mm	118
2014	33.7 °C29 August 2014	11.9 °C18 July 2014	22.3 °C	868 mm	128
2013	33.1 °C20 August 2013	12.0 °C14 July 2013	22.0 °C	967 mm	109
2012	33.3 °C25 August 2012	11.8 °C19 July 2012	22.2 °C	848 mm	140
2011	34.0 °C23 August 2011	11.7 °C11 July 2011	21.9 °C	918 mm	92
2010	33.1 °C24 August 2010	12.2 °C10 July 2010	22.1 °C	997 mm	104
2009	34.2 °C5 September 2009	12.5 °C10 July 2009	22.2 °C	890 mm	114
2008	34.4 °C3 September 2008	11.8 °C19 July 2008	21.6 °C	859 mm	70
2007	33.0 °C15 September 2007	11.3 °C8 July 2007	21.6 °C	908 mm	50
2006	31.9 °C15 August 2006	10.8 °C8 August 2006	21.5 °C	1,063 mm	40
2005	32.6 °C10 September 2005	11.6 °C25 June 2005	21.7 °C	1,084 mm	61
2004	32.4 °C3 March 2004	11.0 °C19 July 2004	21.6 °C	1,156 mm	39
2003	33.2 °C28 August 2003	12.0 °C2 July 2003	22.1 °C	780 mm	90
2002	32.6 °C2 September 2002	12.8 °C19 July 2002	21.7 °C	1,210 mm	61
2001	33.7 °C8 September 2001	11.3 °C25 July 2001	21.8 °C	828 mm	77
2000	32.7 °C28 August 2000	12.2 °C12 July 2000	21.5 °C	844 mm	56
1999	32.6 °C11 August 1999	11.6 °C30 June 1999	21.5 °C	1,193 mm	62
1998	33.3 °C26 August 1998	13.2 °C7 July 1998	22.4 °C	964 mm	132
1997	33.6 °C23 August 1997	11.0 °C4 July 1997	21.8 °C	1,125 mm	93
1996	33.6 °C30 August 1996	12.2 °C12 July 1996	21.8 °C	850 mm	92
1995	33.1 °C6 September 1995	11.8 °C12 July 1995	21.7 °C	1,173 mm	73
1994	33.4 °C23 February 1994	11.4 °C3 July 1994	21.6 °C	1,162 mm	64
1993	33.1 °C27 February 1993	12.2 °C7 July 1993	21.8 °C	981 mm	92
1992	32.1 °C17 August 1992	11.6 °C7 July 1992	21.3 °C	1,102 mm	30
1991	33.1 °C2 September 1991	11.9 °C9 June 1991	21.6 °C	1,111 mm	71
1990	34.5 °C10 September 1990	13.0 °C14 July 1990	22.0 °C	1,116 mm	85
1989	32.3 °C15 September 1989	11.8 °C15 July 1989	21.6 °C	956 mm	66
1988	32.3 °C19 August 1988	11.7 °C14 July 1988	21.7 °C	1,196 mm	67
1987	33.7 °C19 August 1987	12.4 °C24 June 1987	22.1 °C	1,035 mm	98
1986	33.3 °C25 August 1986	11.5 °C21 June 1986	21.6 °C	978 mm	81
1985	33.0 °C1 September 1985	10.4 °C23 June 1985	21.6 °C	877 mm	78
1984	34.2 °C7 September 1984	11.5 °C26 July 1984	21.9 °C	854 mm	98
1983	33.3 °C17 September 1983	10.7 °C26 June 1983	21.8 °C	1,006 mm	105
1982	32.5 °C5 September 1982	10.6 °C19 July 1982	21.4 °C	913 mm	48
1981	33.5 °C24 February 1981	11.4 °C22 July 1981	22.4 °C	748 mm	180
1980	33.6 °C30 August 1980	11.1 °C13 July 1980	21.9 °C	748 mm	129
1979	32.0 °C28 September 1979	11.4 °C2 August 1979	21.6 °C	879 mm	60
1978	32.0 °C19 February 1978	11.4 °C19 June 1978	21.2 °C	853 mm	48
1977	31.7 °C13 February 1977	11.4 °C30 June 1977	21.3 °C	1,104 mm	33
1976	33.6 °C13 September 1976	9.9 °C8 July 1976	20.8 °C	1,248 mm	26
1975	31.8 °C25 August 1975	11.0 °C1 August 1975	21.0 °C	985 mm	20
1974	32.0 °C13 August 1974	10.7 °C16 June 1974	20.8 °C	990 mm	9
1973	31.4 °C27 August 1973	11.8 °C12 July 1973	21.3 °C	897 mm	20
1972	32.2 °C11 March 1972	9.3 °C30 June 1972	21.1 °C	1,116 mm	20
1971	30.5 °C6 October 1971	11.7 °C18 July 1971	20.8 °C	1,086 mm	2
1970	30.8 °C17 September 1970	10.8 °C9 July 1970	21.1 °C	1,069 mm	12
1969	32.8 °C5 September 1969	12.2 °C23 June 1969	21.3 °C	1,092 mm	14
1968	31.7 °C22 August 1968	10.6 °C19 June 1968	20.8 °C	1,178 mm	11
1967	30.2 °C13 August 1967	11.1 °C23 July 1967	20.9 °C	1,105 mm	3
1966	30.9 °C4 August 1966	12.3 °C1 August 1966	21.3 °C	1,390 mm	9
1965	30.8 °C14 August 1965	11.1 °C4 July 1965	20.9 °C	1,243 mm	6
1964	30.7 °C18 February 1964	10.4 °C21 June 1964	20.9 °C	1,067 mm	3
1963	31.6 °C9 September 1963	10.0 °C13 July 1963	21.1 °C	824 mm	13
1962	30.8 °C1 September 1962	10.9 °C1 July 1962	20.9 °C	996 mm	7
1961	30.3 °C28 August 1961	11.8 °C3 July 1961	20.8 °C	1,086 mm	2
1960	30.0 °C4 August 1960	10.7 °C22 June 1960	20.8 °C	1,429 mm	2
1959	31.0 °C2 September 1959	11.9 °C21 June 1959	21.2 °C	1,075 mm	8
1958	32.7 °C19 February 1958	9.3 °C25 June 1958	21.4 °C	733 mm	65
1957	33.2 °C17 March 1957	9.5 °C27 June 1957	21.4 °C	885 mm	63
1956	32.8 °C10 February 1956	9.4 °C31 July 1956	21.2 °C	768 mm	70
1955	33.8 °C8 March 1955	10.1 °C11 July 1955	21.3 °C	807 mm	84
1954	33.2 °C26 August 1954	10.0 °C6 July 1954	21.5 °C	911 mm	145
1953	33.2 °C13 September 1953	11.4 °C5 August 1953	21.1 °C	716 mm	46
1952	33.0 °C25 September 1952	11.1 °C8 August 1952	21.1 °C	1,236 mm	60
1951	33.2 °C26 August 1951	10.4 °C15 July 1951	21.0 °C	1,254 mm	52
1950	32.5 °C5 September 1950	7.6 °C18 July 1950	20.7 °C	1,234 mm	27
1949	32.0 °C16 September 1949	11.6 °C9 June 1949	21.1 °C	1,221 mm	46
1948	34.0 °C14 September 1948	11.4 °C13 July 1948	21.4 °C	1,133 mm	111
1947	35.3 °C16 September 1947	9.2 °C21 July 1947	22.1 °C	760 mm	178
1946	35.5 °C11 March 1946	10.5 °C14 June 1946	21.7 °C	698 mm	131
1945	32.8 °C18 September 1945	10.7 °C20 June 1945	21.6 °C	773 mm	104
1944	34.0 °C29 September 1944	12.2 °C3 July 1944	21.8 °C	771 mm	125
1943	33.7 °C12 September 1943	9.7 °C3 July 1943	21.2 °C	1,049 mm	99
1942	33.5 °C21 August 1942	10.6 °C17 July 1942	22.0 °C	619 mm	170
1941	34.2 °C18 August 1941	11.2 °C31 August 1941	22.5 °C	463 mm	250
1940	33.5 °C17 February 1940	11.2 °C2 July 1940	21.7 °C	633 mm	162

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.6 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

83 d/yr

+11

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

899 mm

-89 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	27.1 °C	0.0 °C	59 mm	-15 mm
Feb	28.5 °C	+0.4 °C	57 mm	-21 mm
Mar	28.6 °C	+1.0 °C	136 mm	-20 mm
Apr	27.2 °C	-0.1 °C	191 mm	+50 mm
May	28.2 °C	-0.4 °C	53 mm	+32 mm
Jun	29.0 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	29.1 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	29.7 °C	-0.5 °C	1 mm	-3 mm
Sep	30.2 °C	+0.4 °C	22 mm	-27 mm
Oct	29.2 °C	+1.1 °C	116 mm	-40 mm
Nov	28.0 °C	+1.5 °C	155 mm	-31 mm
Dec	28.0 °C	+1.6 °C	110 mm	-13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.3 °C

30 Aug 2025

Coldest day

12.0 °C

11 Jul 2025

Wettest day

27.9 mm

7 Nov 2025

Windiest day

19.1 km/h

30 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

50.0 km/h

27 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.7 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

9.1 °C

11 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.4 h

17 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Malanje?

Malanje has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.6 °C and it receives 988 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Malanje?

The hottest day measured in Malanje between 1940 and 2025 was 11 March 1946, reaching 35.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Malanje?

The coldest day measured in Malanje between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 7.6 °C.

Does it snow in Malanje?

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

Has the climate of Malanje warmed?

Yes: Malanje warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Malanje?

The wettest day measured in Malanje between 1940 and 2025 was 10 February 2016, with 75 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Malanje?

The windiest day measured in Malanje between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1950, with winds reaching 22.8 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Malanje?

The warmest month in Malanje is February (22.2 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Malanje?

Malanje receives on average 988 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 151 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Malanje?

Malanje gets on average 10.1 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,687 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Malanje?

Yes: Malanje has on average 3 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Malanje?

In Malanje, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.4 °C on 18 March 2019, and the lowest was 5.2 °C on 17 July 1950.

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