Santa Clara climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Santa Clara?

Santa Clara has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,059 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Clara?

The hottest day measured in Santa Clara between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1947, reaching 35.5 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Santa Clara?

The coldest day measured in Santa Clara between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1957, at 7.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Santa Clara?

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

Q: Has the climate of Santa Clara warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Santa Clara?

The wettest day measured in Santa Clara between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2015, with 159 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Santa Clara?

The windiest day measured in Santa Clara between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1991, with winds reaching 24.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Santa Clara?

The warmest month in Santa Clara is May (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is June (20.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Santa Clara?

Santa Clara receives on average 1,059 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Santa Clara?

Santa Clara gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Santa Clara (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,059 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 May (21.4 °C on average) and the coldest is June (20.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Santa Clara averages 0 frost days, 55 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.

Santa Clara 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 35.5 °C (on 16 September 1947) and the coldest 7.5 °C (on 27 June 1957).

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

Santa ClaraKwanza Sul Province

coords: -10.19°, 15.43°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMayColdest monthJuneWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.8°C

Average daily high

27.9°C

Average daily low

15.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,059mm

Sunshine / day

10.0h

Mean relative humidity

73%

Average peak wind

11.7km/h

Seasonal range

1.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

55 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

150 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

29.6 °C

Average feels-like low

16.7 °C

Average peak gust

31.4 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

0 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.2 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.41 · 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

35.5 °C

16 September 1947

Coldest day

7.5 °C

27 June 1957

Wettest day

159 mm

29 March 2015

Windiest day

24.3 km/h

9 April 1991

Strongest gust

63.0 km/h

9 April 1991

Hottest feels-like

37.3 °C

18 March 2019

Coldest feels-like

4.9 °C

10 July 1947

Sunniest day

12.5 h

23 November 2000

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	32.7 °C5 March 2025	10.1 °C11 July 2025	21.4 °C	864 mm	70
2024	32.1 °C12 May 2024	10.0 °C18 June 2024	21.7 °C	1,365 mm	130
2023	34.2 °C27 August 2023	10.7 °C24 June 2023	21.6 °C	1,094 mm	90
2022	32.8 °C9 September 2022	10.7 °C2 July 2022	21.0 °C	996 mm	25
2021	33.4 °C9 October 2021	11.2 °C13 July 2021	21.4 °C	867 mm	38
2020	32.7 °C23 October 2020	11.6 °C20 June 2020	21.4 °C	913 mm	36
2019	31.9 °C18 March 2019	11.8 °C9 July 2019	21.7 °C	1,005 mm	36
2018	32.1 °C27 October 2018	11.5 °C1 July 2018	21.3 °C	1,090 mm	28
2017	32.2 °C8 September 2017	12.0 °C9 July 2017	21.5 °C	868 mm	51
2016	32.5 °C24 August 2016	9.9 °C26 July 2016	21.6 °C	1,108 mm	47
2015	33.0 °C14 September 2015	12.1 °C21 June 2015	21.4 °C	1,505 mm	72
2014	33.9 °C29 August 2014	11.1 °C18 July 2014	21.4 °C	1,042 mm	79
2013	33.0 °C20 August 2013	11.0 °C22 June 2013	21.2 °C	872 mm	76
2012	32.9 °C12 September 2012	10.1 °C19 July 2012	21.0 °C	942 mm	82
2011	32.7 °C23 August 2011	10.4 °C11 July 2011	21.0 °C	915 mm	61
2010	33.0 °C24 August 2010	11.0 °C11 July 2010	21.2 °C	1,119 mm	69
2009	34.2 °C5 September 2009	10.0 °C10 July 2009	21.4 °C	918 mm	97
2008	34.4 °C7 October 2008	10.2 °C21 July 2008	20.7 °C	831 mm	59
2007	32.0 °C15 September 2007	10.0 °C6 July 2007	20.7 °C	1,087 mm	34
2006	32.1 °C15 August 2006	9.5 °C8 August 2006	20.7 °C	1,109 mm	24
2005	32.2 °C9 September 2005	9.9 °C24 June 2005	21.0 °C	1,200 mm	37
2004	31.1 °C19 August 2004	10.3 °C16 July 2004	20.8 °C	1,084 mm	18
2003	32.8 °C16 August 2003	10.1 °C27 June 2003	21.0 °C	925 mm	49
2002	32.6 °C2 September 2002	10.2 °C28 June 2002	20.9 °C	1,203 mm	48
2001	33.9 °C8 September 2001	10.3 °C25 July 2001	20.7 °C	990 mm	50
2000	32.7 °C30 August 2000	10.2 °C10 July 2000	20.8 °C	845 mm	60
1999	32.7 °C5 September 1999	10.2 °C29 June 1999	20.6 °C	1,272 mm	36
1998	33.8 °C15 September 1998	12.2 °C24 June 1998	21.6 °C	1,077 mm	114
1997	33.2 °C5 August 1997	10.0 °C4 July 1997	21.0 °C	1,155 mm	81
1996	33.5 °C27 August 1996	10.8 °C16 July 1996	21.0 °C	1,021 mm	84
1995	33.1 °C10 September 1995	11.0 °C17 July 1995	21.0 °C	1,246 mm	61
1994	33.3 °C23 February 1994	9.5 °C3 July 1994	20.9 °C	1,207 mm	55
1993	33.0 °C11 September 1993	10.9 °C14 June 1993	21.0 °C	1,046 mm	64
1992	31.7 °C16 September 1992	10.6 °C22 July 1992	20.5 °C	1,189 mm	33
1991	32.7 °C2 September 1991	9.4 °C7 June 1991	20.7 °C	1,098 mm	53
1990	34.2 °C9 September 1990	11.5 °C15 July 1990	21.1 °C	1,189 mm	73
1989	32.7 °C16 September 1989	10.5 °C21 June 1989	20.8 °C	984 mm	48
1988	32.0 °C18 August 1988	9.9 °C14 July 1988	20.9 °C	1,339 mm	55
1987	33.0 °C19 August 1987	10.2 °C30 June 1987	21.2 °C	1,067 mm	74
1986	33.6 °C25 August 1986	10.3 °C20 June 1986	20.7 °C	1,134 mm	70
1985	33.1 °C1 September 1985	9.2 °C23 June 1985	20.7 °C	887 mm	58
1984	34.3 °C26 August 1984	10.5 °C9 July 1984	20.9 °C	1,149 mm	72
1983	33.4 °C2 September 1983	9.9 °C26 June 1983	21.0 °C	1,115 mm	88
1982	32.4 °C5 September 1982	8.7 °C19 July 1982	20.4 °C	1,102 mm	38
1981	33.8 °C13 September 1981	10.4 °C22 June 1981	21.4 °C	815 mm	139
1980	33.8 °C19 September 1980	9.8 °C13 July 1980	21.1 °C	845 mm	100
1979	32.3 °C20 September 1979	9.5 °C2 July 1979	20.8 °C	961 mm	43
1978	32.0 °C5 March 1978	10.3 °C30 June 1978	20.4 °C	1,006 mm	25
1977	31.8 °C13 February 1977	10.6 °C30 June 1977	20.6 °C	1,208 mm	21
1976	33.1 °C13 September 1976	9.4 °C7 July 1976	20.0 °C	1,344 mm	16
1975	31.3 °C14 August 1975	9.9 °C27 June 1975	20.2 °C	966 mm	15
1974	31.2 °C13 August 1974	8.9 °C8 July 1974	20.0 °C	1,123 mm	5
1973	31.9 °C1 October 1973	9.6 °C12 July 1973	20.7 °C	1,087 mm	13
1972	31.1 °C15 March 1972	7.5 °C30 June 1972	20.3 °C	1,141 mm	11
1971	30.4 °C30 October 1971	10.0 °C18 July 1971	20.1 °C	1,169 mm	6
1970	31.4 °C5 September 1970	9.7 °C7 June 1970	20.5 °C	1,257 mm	10
1969	32.7 °C5 September 1969	11.1 °C23 June 1969	20.7 °C	1,155 mm	13
1968	31.5 °C22 August 1968	9.0 °C21 June 1968	20.2 °C	1,244 mm	13
1967	30.2 °C13 August 1967	9.8 °C19 July 1967	20.3 °C	1,279 mm	1
1966	31.2 °C9 August 1966	10.1 °C23 June 1966	20.7 °C	1,451 mm	4
1965	30.5 °C5 August 1965	9.6 °C5 July 1965	20.2 °C	1,470 mm	5
1964	30.5 °C13 August 1964	8.2 °C21 June 1964	20.2 °C	1,240 mm	3
1963	32.7 °C9 September 1963	8.3 °C13 July 1963	20.3 °C	936 mm	11
1962	29.8 °C31 August 1962	8.7 °C28 June 1962	20.1 °C	1,184 mm	0
1961	29.7 °C27 August 1961	9.2 °C3 July 1961	20.1 °C	1,087 mm	0
1960	30.4 °C13 September 1960	9.1 °C7 June 1960	20.1 °C	1,568 mm	2
1959	31.3 °C3 September 1959	10.5 °C21 June 1959	20.4 °C	1,318 mm	9
1958	31.9 °C21 August 1958	8.2 °C25 June 1958	20.4 °C	845 mm	37
1957	32.7 °C18 March 1957	7.5 °C27 June 1957	20.5 °C	1,005 mm	45
1956	32.2 °C9 September 1956	8.8 °C31 July 1956	20.2 °C	830 mm	43
1955	33.6 °C14 February 1955	9.6 °C6 February 1955	20.4 °C	798 mm	72
1954	33.7 °C21 September 1954	7.8 °C27 July 1954	20.7 °C	933 mm	138
1953	33.2 °C13 September 1953	8.9 °C22 June 1953	20.3 °C	921 mm	29
1952	33.6 °C25 September 1952	9.7 °C8 August 1952	20.3 °C	1,328 mm	44
1951	32.8 °C16 September 1951	9.7 °C28 July 1951	20.4 °C	1,200 mm	38
1950	31.9 °C16 September 1950	8.4 °C17 July 1950	20.0 °C	1,113 mm	27
1949	31.8 °C22 August 1949	9.3 °C9 June 1949	20.3 °C	1,204 mm	38
1948	34.1 °C12 September 1948	10.0 °C22 June 1948	20.6 °C	1,127 mm	101
1947	35.5 °C16 September 1947	8.3 °C11 July 1947	21.1 °C	790 mm	145
1946	34.9 °C11 March 1946	9.1 °C20 June 1946	20.8 °C	707 mm	120
1945	33.5 °C18 September 1945	10.0 °C19 June 1945	20.7 °C	765 mm	93
1944	33.9 °C8 September 1944	11.0 °C16 July 1944	20.9 °C	813 mm	120
1943	34.1 °C8 September 1943	8.0 °C2 July 1943	20.4 °C	1,031 mm	89
1942	33.3 °C20 August 1942	9.2 °C23 July 1942	21.1 °C	677 mm	143
1941	34.1 °C17 August 1941	10.0 °C14 June 1941	21.4 °C	505 mm	216
1940	34.3 °C17 August 1940	10.0 °C1 July 1940	20.7 °C	591 mm	141

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.4 °C

+0.5 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

70 d/yr

+15

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

864 mm

-195 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.9 °C	+0.2 °C	84 mm	-7 mm
Feb	28.2 °C	+0.6 °C	50 mm	-36 mm
Mar	28.9 °C	+1.5 °C	127 mm	-49 mm
Apr	27.9 °C	+0.4 °C	111 mm	-5 mm
May	28.6 °C	+0.1 °C	20 mm	+7 mm
Jun	29.1 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Jul	28.9 °C	0.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	29.4 °C	-0.5 °C	5 mm	-0 mm
Sep	29.5 °C	0.0 °C	42 mm	-12 mm
Oct	28.8 °C	+1.1 °C	121 mm	-56 mm
Nov	27.5 °C	+1.3 °C	192 mm	-7 mm
Dec	27.6 °C	+1.6 °C	112 mm	-29 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

32.7 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest day

10.1 °C

11 Jul 2025

Wettest day

28.7 mm

7 Nov 2025

Windiest day

20.4 km/h

13 May 2025

Strongest gust

51.1 km/h

27 Apr 2025

Hottest feels-like

36.2 °C

5 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

7.8 °C

11 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

16 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Santa Clara?

Santa Clara has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,059 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Santa Clara?

The hottest day measured in Santa Clara between 1940 and 2025 was 16 September 1947, reaching 35.5 °C.

What is the coldest day in Santa Clara?

The coldest day measured in Santa Clara between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1957, at 7.5 °C.

Does it snow in Santa Clara?

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

Has the climate of Santa Clara warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Santa Clara?

The wettest day measured in Santa Clara between 1940 and 2025 was 29 March 2015, with 159 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Santa Clara?

The windiest day measured in Santa Clara between 1940 and 2025 was 9 April 1991, with winds reaching 24.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Santa Clara?

The warmest month in Santa Clara is May (21.4 °C on average); the coldest is June (20.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Santa Clara?

Santa Clara receives on average 1,059 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Santa Clara?

Santa Clara gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Santa Clara?

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

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Santa Clara?

In Santa Clara, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.3 °C on 18 March 2019, and the lowest was 4.9 °C on 10 July 1947.

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