Mussende climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Mussende?

Mussende has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 1,403 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Mussende between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 1947, reaching 33.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Mussende?

The coldest day measured in Mussende between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1962, at 6.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Mussende?

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

Q: Has the climate of Mussende warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Mussende?

The wettest day measured in Mussende between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1993, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Mussende?

The windiest day measured in Mussende between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1991, with winds reaching 27.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Mussende?

The warmest month in Mussende is September (21.2 °C on average); the coldest is June (19.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Mussende?

Mussende receives on average 1,403 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 163 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Mussende?

Mussende gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Mussende (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 1,403 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 (19.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Mussende averages 0 frost days, 14 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 163 rainy days per year.

Mussende has warmed by +1.0 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.12 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 33.3 °C (on 9 October 1947) and the coldest 6.8 °C (on 30 June 1962).

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

MussendeKwanza Sul Province

coords: -10.51°, 16.02°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthSeptemberColdest monthJuneWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.0°C

Average daily high

26.3°C

Average daily low

15.3°C

Annual rainfall

1,403mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

68%

Average peak wind

12.0km/h

Seasonal range

1.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

14 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

163 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.4 °C

Average feels-like low

15.1 °C

Average peak gust

32.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.4 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.40 · 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

33.3 °C

9 October 1947

Coldest day

6.8 °C

30 June 1962

Wettest day

74 mm

22 March 1993

Windiest day

27.3 km/h

9 April 1991

Strongest gust

68.0 km/h

9 April 1991

Hottest feels-like

36.2 °C

23 October 2023

Coldest feels-like

3.9 °C

30 June 1962

Sunniest day

12.5 h

24 November 2025

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	30.8 °C7 October 2025	11.3 °C14 July 2025	20.5 °C	1,143 mm	8
2024	31.3 °C5 June 2024	11.5 °C1 June 2024	21.1 °C	1,571 mm	33
2023	32.6 °C9 September 2023	10.6 °C22 June 2023	20.8 °C	1,388 mm	22
2022	30.9 °C9 September 2022	11.0 °C19 June 2022	20.3 °C	1,211 mm	2
2021	31.3 °C9 October 2021	11.1 °C7 July 2021	20.7 °C	1,040 mm	7
2020	30.6 °C23 October 2020	11.7 °C28 June 2020	20.7 °C	1,207 mm	5
2019	30.9 °C18 March 2019	11.1 °C28 July 2019	20.9 °C	1,345 mm	9
2018	30.6 °C8 March 2018	11.6 °C19 June 2018	20.5 °C	1,342 mm	6
2017	30.9 °C30 January 2017	12.2 °C31 July 2017	20.8 °C	1,248 mm	10
2016	31.1 °C13 August 2016	10.6 °C15 July 2016	20.9 °C	1,384 mm	5
2015	31.1 °C4 September 2015	11.2 °C7 April 2015	20.8 °C	1,597 mm	22
2014	32.5 °C29 August 2014	11.1 °C18 July 2014	20.6 °C	1,378 mm	16
2013	32.2 °C28 September 2013	11.6 °C5 August 2013	20.5 °C	1,289 mm	19
2012	32.2 °C9 September 2012	10.4 °C20 July 2012	20.3 °C	1,272 mm	27
2011	32.3 °C23 August 2011	10.3 °C13 July 2011	20.2 °C	1,328 mm	27
2010	31.1 °C3 September 2010	11.3 °C11 July 2010	20.5 °C	1,432 mm	25
2009	32.0 °C18 September 2009	9.8 °C10 July 2009	20.6 °C	1,205 mm	41
2008	32.9 °C28 September 2008	10.1 °C17 July 2008	20.0 °C	1,202 mm	45
2007	30.4 °C15 September 2007	10.6 °C7 July 2007	20.0 °C	1,364 mm	3
2006	29.7 °C15 August 2006	11.4 °C17 May 2006	19.9 °C	1,517 mm	0
2005	31.2 °C7 September 2005	10.6 °C25 June 2005	20.3 °C	1,489 mm	9
2004	29.8 °C16 August 2004	10.1 °C19 July 2004	20.0 °C	1,548 mm	0
2003	31.6 °C1 September 2003	11.1 °C19 July 2003	20.2 °C	1,374 mm	12
2002	31.3 °C13 August 2002	11.4 °C27 June 2002	20.2 °C	1,447 mm	6
2001	31.4 °C8 September 2001	10.8 °C22 June 2001	19.9 °C	1,430 mm	16
2000	31.1 °C3 September 2000	10.2 °C12 July 2000	20.0 °C	1,282 mm	12
1999	30.6 °C2 September 1999	9.6 °C30 June 1999	19.8 °C	1,438 mm	7
1998	31.7 °C1 September 1998	11.4 °C23 June 1998	20.8 °C	1,447 mm	19
1997	31.7 °C5 August 1997	10.9 °C23 June 1997	20.2 °C	1,469 mm	29
1996	31.9 °C12 August 1996	10.0 °C12 July 1996	20.2 °C	1,357 mm	31
1995	32.3 °C10 September 1995	9.7 °C12 July 1995	20.3 °C	1,512 mm	25
1994	30.9 °C22 February 1994	9.6 °C5 July 1994	20.1 °C	1,379 mm	13
1993	31.1 °C11 September 1993	10.8 °C26 July 1993	20.1 °C	1,490 mm	6
1992	30.5 °C24 August 1992	10.4 °C7 July 1992	19.8 °C	1,671 mm	2
1991	31.1 °C8 September 1991	10.2 °C9 June 1991	20.1 °C	1,537 mm	18
1990	31.6 °C7 September 1990	11.3 °C9 July 1990	20.3 °C	1,507 mm	20
1989	31.6 °C16 September 1989	9.9 °C22 June 1989	20.0 °C	1,223 mm	11
1988	29.8 °C17 February 1988	10.8 °C19 July 1988	20.0 °C	1,761 mm	0
1987	31.2 °C29 August 1987	10.4 °C30 June 1987	20.3 °C	1,539 mm	11
1986	31.4 °C18 September 1986	9.7 °C19 June 1986	19.9 °C	1,485 mm	26
1985	30.9 °C1 September 1985	10.0 °C25 June 1985	19.9 °C	1,140 mm	2
1984	31.8 °C26 August 1984	10.9 °C20 July 1984	20.0 °C	1,462 mm	24
1983	32.0 °C17 September 1983	9.9 °C26 June 1983	20.3 °C	1,481 mm	20
1982	30.5 °C6 September 1982	9.8 °C20 July 1982	19.7 °C	1,547 mm	3
1981	32.1 °C28 August 1981	10.2 °C27 June 1981	20.5 °C	1,112 mm	24
1980	32.2 °C19 September 1980	10.7 °C4 July 1980	20.3 °C	1,104 mm	17
1979	31.1 °C19 September 1979	9.6 °C7 July 1979	19.9 °C	1,353 mm	8
1978	29.8 °C15 February 1978	9.6 °C29 June 1978	19.7 °C	1,369 mm	0
1977	30.3 °C13 February 1977	11.7 °C6 July 1977	19.9 °C	1,535 mm	1
1976	31.4 °C13 September 1976	10.0 °C7 July 1976	19.2 °C	1,817 mm	4
1975	29.3 °C25 August 1975	10.1 °C20 July 1975	19.5 °C	1,252 mm	0
1974	29.2 °C9 February 1974	7.8 °C8 July 1974	19.2 °C	1,359 mm	0
1973	30.2 °C1 October 1973	10.3 °C5 June 1973	19.8 °C	1,469 mm	1
1972	30.1 °C15 March 1972	8.7 °C24 June 1972	19.5 °C	1,418 mm	1
1971	29.7 °C4 October 1971	8.4 °C15 June 1971	19.3 °C	1,352 mm	0
1970	30.0 °C5 September 1970	9.2 °C10 July 1970	19.6 °C	1,407 mm	1
1969	30.3 °C5 September 1969	11.1 °C11 June 1969	19.7 °C	1,568 mm	1
1968	29.7 °C22 August 1968	9.0 °C26 June 1968	19.4 °C	1,694 mm	0
1967	29.1 °C6 September 1967	9.3 °C21 July 1967	19.4 °C	1,722 mm	0
1966	29.7 °C9 August 1966	9.4 °C18 July 1966	19.8 °C	1,889 mm	0
1965	28.9 °C23 September 1965	9.6 °C26 May 1965	19.4 °C	1,909 mm	0
1964	28.9 °C18 February 1964	8.2 °C21 June 1964	19.3 °C	1,819 mm	0
1963	31.0 °C9 September 1963	8.5 °C12 July 1963	19.4 °C	1,586 mm	1
1962	29.1 °C5 February 1962	6.8 °C30 June 1962	19.3 °C	1,473 mm	0
1961	29.0 °C5 November 1961	9.2 °C27 July 1961	19.2 °C	1,748 mm	0
1960	28.6 °C13 September 1960	8.6 °C8 June 1960	19.1 °C	1,981 mm	0
1959	29.5 °C3 September 1959	10.4 °C2 June 1959	19.5 °C	1,662 mm	0
1958	30.7 °C1 September 1958	8.8 °C25 June 1958	19.7 °C	1,210 mm	7
1957	30.1 °C15 March 1957	8.6 °C26 June 1957	19.6 °C	1,443 mm	2
1956	31.3 °C9 September 1956	8.6 °C23 June 1956	19.4 °C	1,245 mm	5
1955	32.2 °C16 February 1955	9.9 °C27 June 1955	19.7 °C	1,275 mm	25
1954	32.2 °C21 September 1954	9.8 °C1 August 1954	20.2 °C	1,105 mm	42
1953	30.9 °C13 September 1953	9.9 °C23 June 1953	19.5 °C	1,210 mm	5
1952	31.9 °C25 September 1952	10.5 °C24 May 1952	19.7 °C	1,668 mm	21
1951	31.3 °C16 September 1951	9.4 °C15 July 1951	19.6 °C	1,563 mm	10
1950	31.3 °C16 September 1950	8.9 °C17 July 1950	19.3 °C	1,394 mm	3
1949	31.3 °C22 August 1949	9.2 °C16 June 1949	19.5 °C	1,571 mm	6
1948	32.5 °C12 September 1948	10.7 °C23 June 1948	19.8 °C	1,704 mm	21
1947	33.3 °C9 October 1947	8.0 °C20 July 1947	20.4 °C	1,135 mm	62
1946	33.2 °C11 March 1946	8.8 °C19 June 1946	20.2 °C	915 mm	39
1945	31.8 °C18 September 1945	9.0 °C22 June 1945	19.9 °C	1,074 mm	25
1944	32.4 °C23 September 1944	11.4 °C9 May 1944	20.2 °C	1,152 mm	43
1943	32.0 °C8 September 1943	8.8 °C6 July 1943	19.6 °C	1,317 mm	28
1942	32.2 °C8 September 1942	9.5 °C17 July 1942	20.2 °C	970 mm	32
1941	32.3 °C4 September 1941	10.3 °C12 June 1941	20.7 °C	773 mm	45
1940	32.1 °C17 August 1940	10.3 °C2 July 1940	20.1 °C	843 mm	40

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.8 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

8 d/yr

-6

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1143 mm

-260 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.8 °C	+0.5 °C	112 mm	-36 mm
Feb	27.0 °C	+0.9 °C	58 mm	-76 mm
Mar	27.4 °C	+1.7 °C	158 mm	-70 mm
Apr	26.0 °C	+0.3 °C	159 mm	+31 mm
May	26.6 °C	0.0 °C	23 mm	+11 mm
Jun	27.0 °C	+0.5 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Jul	26.8 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	27.7 °C	-0.7 °C	10 mm	+6 mm
Sep	28.3 °C	-0.1 °C	44 mm	-13 mm
Oct	27.3 °C	+0.8 °C	211 mm	-0 mm
Nov	26.1 °C	+1.3 °C	202 mm	-60 mm
Dec	26.2 °C	+1.6 °C	165 mm	-51 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

30.8 °C

7 Oct 2025

Coldest day

11.3 °C

14 Jul 2025

Wettest day

23.4 mm

30 Mar 2025

Windiest day

22.8 km/h

3 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

55.8 km/h

3 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

33.0 °C

15 Feb 2025

Coldest feels-like

8.5 °C

14 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

24 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Mussende?

Mussende has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.0 °C and it receives 1,403 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Mussende?

The hottest day measured in Mussende between 1940 and 2025 was 9 October 1947, reaching 33.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Mussende?

The coldest day measured in Mussende between 1940 and 2025 was 30 June 1962, at 6.8 °C.

Does it snow in Mussende?

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

Has the climate of Mussende warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Mussende?

The wettest day measured in Mussende between 1940 and 2025 was 22 March 1993, with 74 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Mussende?

The windiest day measured in Mussende between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1991, with winds reaching 27.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Mussende?

The warmest month in Mussende is September (21.2 °C on average); the coldest is June (19.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Mussende?

Mussende receives on average 1,403 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 163 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Mussende?

Mussende gets on average 10.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,905 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Mussende?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Mussende?

In Mussende, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.2 °C on 23 October 2023, and the lowest was 3.9 °C on 30 June 1962.

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