Menongue climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Menongue?

Menongue has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 897 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Menongue between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 2019, reaching 38.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Menongue?

The coldest day measured in Menongue between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1994, at -0.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Menongue?

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

Q: Has the climate of Menongue warmed?

Yes: Menongue warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Menongue?

The wettest day measured in Menongue between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 2007, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Menongue?

The windiest day measured in Menongue between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 1947, with winds reaching 32.6 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Menongue?

The warmest month in Menongue is October (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is June (17.2 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Menongue?

Menongue receives on average 897 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Menongue?

Menongue gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Menongue (Angola) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 897 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is June (17.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Menongue averages 0 frost days, 77 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 123 rainy days per year.

Menongue has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.17 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 38.3 °C (on 23 October 2019) and the coldest -0.5 °C (on 2 July 1994).

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

MenongueCubango

coords: -14.66°, 17.69°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJuneWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.6°C

Average daily high

27.5°C

Average daily low

14.3°C

Annual rainfall

897mm

Sunshine / day

10.6h

Mean relative humidity

57%

Average peak wind

13.0km/h

Seasonal range

6.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

77 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

123 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.1 °C

Average feels-like low

13.4 °C

Average peak gust

31.7 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

2 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.9 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.5 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.39 · 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

38.3 °C

23 October 2019

Coldest day

-0.5 °C

2 July 1994

Wettest day

131 mm

2 March 2007

Windiest day

32.6 km/h

11 October 1947

Strongest gust

62.6 km/h

4 September 1979

Hottest feels-like

37.9 °C

16 October 2017

Coldest feels-like

-4.8 °C

2 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.8 h

23 November 1940

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days	Frost days
2025	35.7 °C20 October 2025	5.2 °C29 June 2025	21.5 °C	932 mm	105	0
2024	37.0 °C23 October 2024	4.2 °C4 June 2024	22.1 °C	768 mm	171	0
2023	36.6 °C19 October 2023	1.8 °C12 July 2023	21.9 °C	1,051 mm	124	0
2022	35.5 °C4 October 2022	7.0 °C24 May 2022	21.1 °C	861 mm	101	0
2021	36.6 °C11 October 2021	6.2 °C24 July 2021	21.4 °C	673 mm	101	0
2020	37.0 °C5 October 2020	5.3 °C7 July 2020	21.5 °C	1,107 mm	102	0
2019	38.3 °C23 October 2019	8.8 °C23 June 2019	22.7 °C	746 mm	161	0
2018	37.0 °C16 November 2018	7.2 °C26 July 2018	21.9 °C	919 mm	132	0
2017	37.8 °C17 October 2017	6.5 °C18 July 2017	21.6 °C	885 mm	92	0
2016	36.5 °C19 October 2016	6.5 °C20 July 2016	21.7 °C	1,049 mm	104	0
2015	37.9 °C17 November 2015	6.8 °C23 June 2015	22.3 °C	687 mm	138	0
2014	35.4 °C2 October 2014	4.9 °C17 July 2014	21.0 °C	973 mm	79	0
2013	35.8 °C18 October 2013	6.2 °C12 July 2013	21.1 °C	913 mm	98	0
2012	35.4 °C6 October 2012	4.3 °C17 July 2012	20.7 °C	1,045 mm	86	0
2011	36.2 °C16 October 2011	3.7 °C27 June 2011	20.5 °C	1,155 mm	81	0
2010	36.2 °C5 October 2010	4.6 °C11 July 2010	20.8 °C	1,209 mm	92	0
2009	35.3 °C16 September 2009	4.6 °C28 June 2009	20.9 °C	827 mm	67	0
2008	37.3 °C28 September 2008	4.9 °C16 June 2008	20.9 °C	1,015 mm	91	0
2007	35.0 °C15 October 2007	5.4 °C26 June 2007	21.0 °C	903 mm	98	0
2006	34.2 °C15 September 2006	3.6 °C4 August 2006	20.3 °C	886 mm	51	0
2005	36.2 °C5 October 2005	6.4 °C22 June 2005	21.5 °C	781 mm	105	0
2004	35.8 °C6 October 2004	5.8 °C24 July 2004	20.4 °C	947 mm	82	0
2003	36.4 °C16 October 2003	3.9 °C4 July 2003	20.8 °C	970 mm	73	0
2002	35.5 °C24 October 2002	5.9 °C28 June 2002	20.8 °C	944 mm	69	0
2001	35.5 °C26 September 2001	3.5 °C23 July 2001	20.5 °C	975 mm	83	0
2000	35.4 °C6 October 2000	5.8 °C9 July 2000	20.4 °C	780 mm	62	0
1999	34.9 °C22 September 1999	6.4 °C6 July 1999	20.3 °C	1,001 mm	52	0
1998	36.2 °C8 October 1998	5.8 °C15 June 1998	21.4 °C	781 mm	88	0
1997	36.4 °C25 September 1997	1.6 °C2 July 1997	20.8 °C	840 mm	76	0
1996	36.3 °C21 October 1996	5.6 °C3 July 1996	21.3 °C	747 mm	105	0
1995	36.0 °C13 October 1995	5.2 °C24 June 1995	21.2 °C	763 mm	113	0
1994	34.5 °C20 September 1994	-0.5 °C2 July 1994	20.7 °C	632 mm	84	1
1993	33.8 °C13 September 1993	6.7 °C6 July 1993	20.3 °C	1,076 mm	51	0
1992	34.2 °C14 October 1992	3.9 °C7 July 1992	20.6 °C	774 mm	79	0
1991	34.4 °C8 October 1991	5.0 °C8 June 1991	20.4 °C	898 mm	57	0
1990	33.3 °C16 September 1990	4.8 °C31 July 1990	20.6 °C	1,034 mm	62	0
1989	35.8 °C6 December 1989	4.3 °C16 July 1989	20.7 °C	607 mm	105	0
1988	34.3 °C4 October 1988	1.7 °C13 July 1988	20.2 °C	1,052 mm	49	0
1987	34.7 °C31 October 1987	3.7 °C28 June 1987	21.1 °C	801 mm	100	0
1986	33.4 °C16 September 1986	4.8 °C25 July 1986	20.0 °C	965 mm	51	0
1985	34.0 °C9 October 1985	0.1 °C14 July 1985	20.3 °C	590 mm	74	0
1984	34.2 °C11 September 1984	3.3 °C24 July 1984	19.9 °C	869 mm	49	0
1983	34.6 °C19 September 1983	4.2 °C8 August 1983	20.4 °C	945 mm	54	0
1982	33.3 °C20 October 1982	5.7 °C17 July 1982	20.1 °C	1,013 mm	49	0
1981	35.0 °C28 October 1981	4.5 °C15 June 1981	20.2 °C	984 mm	70	0
1980	35.3 °C19 September 1980	4.3 °C11 July 1980	20.8 °C	496 mm	96	0
1979	35.9 °C4 October 1979	4.5 °C6 July 1979	20.1 °C	1,007 mm	53	0
1978	34.0 °C25 September 1978	3.8 °C21 June 1978	20.2 °C	693 mm	66	0
1977	34.7 °C12 October 1977	5.3 °C10 July 1977	20.2 °C	907 mm	72	0
1976	34.4 °C27 October 1976	4.3 °C8 July 1976	19.1 °C	1,055 mm	36	0
1975	33.3 °C14 October 1975	4.6 °C22 July 1975	19.5 °C	869 mm	50	0
1974	34.2 °C18 October 1974	1.9 °C16 June 1974	19.5 °C	844 mm	42	0
1973	34.7 °C24 September 1973	4.4 °C14 July 1973	20.6 °C	735 mm	59	0
1972	35.8 °C22 October 1972	2.7 °C24 June 1972	20.0 °C	737 mm	56	0
1971	34.5 °C5 October 1971	4.5 °C30 July 1971	20.3 °C	916 mm	71	0
1970	34.2 °C13 October 1970	3.8 °C2 July 1970	20.5 °C	835 mm	76	0
1969	34.8 °C3 October 1969	5.4 °C23 July 1969	20.0 °C	1,150 mm	35	0
1968	34.4 °C18 October 1968	3.3 °C19 July 1968	20.1 °C	849 mm	63	0
1967	34.0 °C6 October 1967	3.2 °C21 July 1967	19.5 °C	1,203 mm	30	0
1966	33.8 °C4 October 1966	7.0 °C18 July 1966	20.6 °C	842 mm	60	0
1965	35.0 °C3 November 1965	4.9 °C7 July 1965	20.0 °C	925 mm	59	0
1964	33.8 °C2 October 1964	3.3 °C20 June 1964	19.5 °C	718 mm	32	0
1963	32.9 °C4 October 1963	4.5 °C16 June 1963	19.4 °C	1,257 mm	36	0
1962	35.2 °C17 October 1962	2.0 °C29 June 1962	20.2 °C	904 mm	58	0
1961	34.9 °C20 October 1961	3.4 °C12 August 1961	20.2 °C	1,031 mm	66	0
1960	34.9 °C12 October 1960	3.2 °C12 July 1960	20.2 °C	862 mm	73	0
1959	35.2 °C14 October 1959	4.0 °C20 June 1959	20.6 °C	861 mm	58	0
1958	33.7 °C8 September 1958	3.5 °C16 June 1958	20.3 °C	754 mm	56	0
1957	34.3 °C20 September 1957	2.8 °C27 June 1957	20.2 °C	1,238 mm	46	0
1956	33.7 °C17 October 1956	3.7 °C29 July 1956	19.9 °C	835 mm	72	0
1955	34.4 °C30 September 1955	4.4 °C10 July 1955	20.0 °C	850 mm	62	0
1954	37.1 °C25 October 1954	3.7 °C24 June 1954	21.5 °C	384 mm	165	0
1953	36.5 °C31 October 1953	5.0 °C28 July 1953	20.0 °C	1,087 mm	62	0
1952	34.5 °C25 October 1952	2.6 °C6 August 1952	20.3 °C	956 mm	73	0
1951	35.6 °C6 October 1951	4.1 °C14 July 1951	19.9 °C	1,175 mm	55	0
1950	35.5 °C13 October 1950	3.9 °C11 August 1950	19.6 °C	1,046 mm	52	0
1949	34.6 °C2 October 1949	6.0 °C20 July 1949	20.4 °C	951 mm	71	0
1948	34.5 °C23 September 1948	4.7 °C21 June 1948	19.8 °C	1,151 mm	41	0
1947	35.4 °C27 September 1947	2.8 °C19 July 1947	20.4 °C	1,076 mm	55	0
1946	34.8 °C30 September 1946	4.0 °C6 June 1946	21.0 °C	691 mm	120	0
1945	35.4 °C23 September 1945	5.3 °C25 June 1945	20.4 °C	1,044 mm	75	0
1944	36.2 °C27 September 1944	6.5 °C14 July 1944	20.8 °C	765 mm	83	0
1943	34.9 °C9 October 1943	5.4 °C24 June 1943	20.1 °C	821 mm	54	0
1942	35.2 °C29 September 1942	4.7 °C23 July 1942	20.3 °C	836 mm	89	0
1941	37.1 °C16 October 1941	4.4 °C25 June 1941	21.1 °C	663 mm	129	0
1940	35.4 °C17 October 1940	4.7 °C30 June 1940	20.1 °C	785 mm	94	0

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

+1.1 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

105 d/yr

+28

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

932 mm

+35 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.8 °C	+2.8 °C	98 mm	-76 mm
Feb	27.0 °C	+1.0 °C	145 mm	-20 mm
Mar	27.4 °C	+1.4 °C	119 mm	-31 mm
Apr	27.3 °C	+0.6 °C	122 mm	+75 mm
May	27.2 °C	+0.3 °C	5 mm	+3 mm
Jun	26.6 °C	+1.0 °C	3 mm	+2 mm
Jul	26.7 °C	+0.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	29.8 °C	+0.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	33.1 °C	+1.3 °C	7 mm	+2 mm
Oct	33.5 °C	+2.0 °C	21 mm	-30 mm
Nov	29.8 °C	+1.6 °C	99 mm	-34 mm
Dec	26.5 °C	-0.3 °C	313 mm	+143 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

35.7 °C

20 Oct 2025

Coldest day

5.2 °C

29 Jun 2025

Wettest day

74.0 mm

27 Dec 2025

Windiest day

24.8 km/h

9 Oct 2025

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

9 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.2 °C

21 Oct 2025

Coldest feels-like

1.8 °C

29 Jun 2025

Sunniest day

12.8 h

24 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Menongue?

Menongue has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 897 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Menongue?

The hottest day measured in Menongue between 1940 and 2025 was 23 October 2019, reaching 38.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Menongue?

The coldest day measured in Menongue between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1994, at -0.5 °C.

Does it snow in Menongue?

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

Has the climate of Menongue warmed?

Yes: Menongue warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Menongue?

The wettest day measured in Menongue between 1940 and 2025 was 2 March 2007, with 131 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Menongue?

The windiest day measured in Menongue between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 1947, with winds reaching 32.6 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Menongue?

The warmest month in Menongue is October (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is June (17.2 °C).

How much does it rain in Menongue?

Menongue receives on average 897 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 123 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Menongue?

Menongue gets on average 10.6 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,869 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Menongue?

Yes: Menongue has on average 2 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Menongue?

In Menongue, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.9 °C on 16 October 2017, and the lowest was -4.8 °C on 2 July 1994.

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