Matala climate — normals and trends
Matala (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 836 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 October (24.6 °C on average) and the coldest is June (18.3 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Matala averages 0 frost days, 108 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 100 rainy days per year.
Matala has warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.19 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 38.7 °C (on 11 October 2021) and the coldest 3.8 °C (on 13 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
MatalaHuíla Province
- coords
- -14.73°, 15.03°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
21.5°C
Average daily high
28.5°C
Average daily low
15.2°C
Annual rainfall
836mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
55%
Average peak wind
12.7km/h
Seasonal range
6.3°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
108 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
100 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
29.3 °C
Average feels-like low
14.7 °C
Average peak gust
29.3 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
6 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.2 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.6 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.34 · 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
38.7 °C
11 October 2021
Coldest day
3.8 °C
13 July 1963
Wettest day
116 mm
11 February 1995
Windiest day
31.4 km/h
21 February 1993
Strongest gust
64.8 km/h
24 December 1950
Hottest feels-like
38.5 °C
2 November 2016
Coldest feels-like
0.1 °C
3 July 1994
Sunniest day
12.6 h
20 November 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.5 °C | +1.9 °C | 13 mm | -124 mm |
| Feb | 27.7 °C | +0.4 °C | 129 mm | -17 mm |
| Mar | 27.8 °C | +1.0 °C | 392 mm | +211 mm |
| Apr | 27.4 °C | +0.2 °C | 104 mm | +46 mm |
| May | 27.5 °C | -0.2 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 27.2 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 27.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 30.5 °C | +0.8 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 33.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 5 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 33.0 °C | +0.8 °C | 15 mm | -25 mm |
| Nov | 31.8 °C | +2.4 °C | 52 mm | -77 mm |
| Dec | 28.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 188 mm | +47 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Matala?
Matala has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.5 °C and it receives 836 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Matala?
The hottest day measured in Matala between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 2021, reaching 38.7 °C.
What is the coldest day in Matala?
The coldest day measured in Matala between 1940 and 2025 was 13 July 1963, at 3.8 °C.
Does it snow in Matala?
Almost never: Matala sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Matala warmed?
Yes: Matala warmed by +1.6 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Matala?
The wettest day measured in Matala between 1940 and 2025 was 11 February 1995, with 116 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Matala?
The windiest day measured in Matala between 1940 and 2025 was 21 February 1993, with winds reaching 31.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Matala?
The warmest month in Matala is October (24.6 °C on average); the coldest is June (18.3 °C).
How much does it rain in Matala?
Matala receives on average 836 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 100 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Matala?
Matala gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Matala?
Yes: Matala has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Matala?
In Matala, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.5 °C on 2 November 2016, and the lowest was 0.1 °C on 3 July 1994.
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