Quipungo climate — normals and trends
Quipungo (Angola) has a hot semi-arid climate (BSh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 668 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 (24.2 °C on average) and the coldest is June (18.2 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Quipungo averages 0 frost days, 104 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 94 rainy days per year.
Quipungo has warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.18 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 37.8 °C (on 11 October 2021) and the coldest 4.3 °C (on 5 July 1974).
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
QuipungoHuíla Province
- coords
- -14.82°, 14.54°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
21.3°C
Average daily high
28.3°C
Average daily low
15.1°C
Annual rainfall
668mm
Sunshine / day
11.0h
Mean relative humidity
53%
Average peak wind
14.7km/h
Seasonal range
6.0°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
104 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
94 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
28.5 °C
Average feels-like low
14.4 °C
Average peak gust
33.0 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
4 d/yr
Solar radiation
22.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.5 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.33 · 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
37.8 °C
11 October 2021
Coldest day
4.3 °C
5 July 1974
Wettest day
77 mm
2 February 1986
Windiest day
34.1 km/h
2 November 2010
Strongest gust
65.2 km/h
24 December 1950
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
25 January 2019
Coldest feels-like
0.2 °C
5 July 1974
Sunniest day
12.6 h
4 January 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.3 °C | +1.9 °C | 22 mm | -93 mm |
| Feb | 27.2 °C | -0.1 °C | 106 mm | -9 mm |
| Mar | 27.4 °C | +0.7 °C | 435 mm | +291 mm |
| Apr | 26.8 °C | -0.4 °C | 93 mm | +51 mm |
| May | 26.6 °C | -1.0 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Jun | 26.5 °C | +0.2 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 27.0 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 29.7 °C | +0.6 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Sep | 32.4 °C | +0.6 °C | 3 mm | +1 mm |
| Oct | 32.6 °C | +0.7 °C | 16 mm | -16 mm |
| Nov | 31.4 °C | +2.1 °C | 43 mm | -58 mm |
| Dec | 28.7 °C | +0.5 °C | 140 mm | +26 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Quipungo?
Quipungo has a hot semi-arid climate (Köppen BSh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.3 °C and it receives 668 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Quipungo?
The hottest day measured in Quipungo between 1940 and 2025 was 11 October 2021, reaching 37.8 °C.
What is the coldest day in Quipungo?
The coldest day measured in Quipungo between 1940 and 2025 was 5 July 1974, at 4.3 °C.
Does it snow in Quipungo?
Almost never: Quipungo sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Quipungo warmed?
Yes: Quipungo warmed by +1.5 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Quipungo?
The wettest day measured in Quipungo between 1940 and 2025 was 2 February 1986, with 77 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Quipungo?
The windiest day measured in Quipungo between 1940 and 2025 was 2 November 2010, with winds reaching 34.1 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Quipungo?
The warmest month in Quipungo is October (24.2 °C on average); the coldest is June (18.2 °C).
How much does it rain in Quipungo?
Quipungo receives on average 668 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 94 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Quipungo?
Quipungo gets on average 11.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,015 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Quipungo?
Yes: Quipungo has on average 4 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Quipungo?
In Quipungo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 25 January 2019, and the lowest was 0.2 °C on 5 July 1974.
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