Porto Amboim climate — normals and trends
Porto Amboim (Angola) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.7 °C and it receives 299 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 March (26.6 °C on average) and the coldest is August (19.9 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Porto Amboim averages 0 frost days, 0 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 44 rainy days per year.
Porto Amboim has warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 30.6 °C (on 16 April 1995) and the coldest 16.3 °C (on 30 July 1956).
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
Porto AmboimKwanza Sul Province
- coords
- -10.73°, 13.77°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
23.7°C
Average daily high
24.7°C
Average daily low
23.0°C
Annual rainfall
299mm
Sunshine / day
10.4h
Mean relative humidity
84%
Average peak wind
21.3km/h
Seasonal range
6.7°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
0 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
44 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
28.2 °C
Average feels-like low
25.3 °C
Average peak gust
30.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
303 d/yr
Solar radiation
18.8 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.3 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.43 · 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
30.6 °C
16 April 1995
Coldest day
16.3 °C
30 July 1956
Wettest day
222 mm
25 February 2024
Windiest day
33.4 km/h
25 March 1957
Strongest gust
56.9 km/h
25 March 1957
Hottest feels-like
38.0 °C
16 April 1995
Coldest feels-like
15.2 °C
25 August 1950
Sunniest day
12.5 h
22 January 2022
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 27.0 °C | +1.1 °C | 10 mm | -10 mm |
| Feb | 27.7 °C | +0.8 °C | 10 mm | -24 mm |
| Mar | 27.7 °C | +0.2 °C | 31 mm | -73 mm |
| Apr | 27.0 °C | -0.3 °C | 143 mm | +73 mm |
| May | 27.4 °C | +1.4 °C | 5 mm | +2 mm |
| Jun | 24.4 °C | +1.3 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Jul | 21.3 °C | 0.0 °C | 0 mm | -1 mm |
| Aug | 20.7 °C | -0.3 °C | 1 mm | +0 mm |
| Sep | 22.1 °C | +0.2 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Oct | 24.4 °C | +0.5 °C | 9 mm | -1 mm |
| Nov | 26.0 °C | +0.6 °C | 7 mm | -22 mm |
| Dec | 26.0 °C | +0.4 °C | 49 mm | +24 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Porto Amboim?
Porto Amboim has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.7 °C and it receives 299 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Porto Amboim?
The hottest day measured in Porto Amboim between 1940 and 2025 was 16 April 1995, reaching 30.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Porto Amboim?
The coldest day measured in Porto Amboim between 1940 and 2025 was 30 July 1956, at 16.3 °C.
Does it snow in Porto Amboim?
Almost never: Porto Amboim sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Porto Amboim warmed?
Yes: Porto Amboim warmed by +1.3 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Porto Amboim?
The wettest day measured in Porto Amboim between 1940 and 2025 was 25 February 2024, with 222 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Porto Amboim?
The windiest day measured in Porto Amboim between 1940 and 2025 was 25 March 1957, with winds reaching 33.4 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Porto Amboim?
The warmest month in Porto Amboim is March (26.6 °C on average); the coldest is August (19.9 °C).
How much does it rain in Porto Amboim?
Porto Amboim receives on average 299 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 44 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Porto Amboim?
Porto Amboim gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Porto Amboim?
Yes: Porto Amboim has on average 303 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Porto Amboim?
In Porto Amboim, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.0 °C on 16 April 1995, and the lowest was 15.2 °C on 25 August 1950.
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