Sanza Pombo climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Sanza Pombo?

Sanza Pombo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 1,266 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sanza Pombo?

The hottest day measured in Sanza Pombo between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1947, reaching 35.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Sanza Pombo?

The coldest day measured in Sanza Pombo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 10.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Sanza Pombo?

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

Q: Has the climate of Sanza Pombo warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Sanza Pombo?

The wettest day measured in Sanza Pombo between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1976, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Sanza Pombo?

The windiest day measured in Sanza Pombo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1950, with winds reaching 21.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Sanza Pombo?

The warmest month in Sanza Pombo is August (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is November (22.0 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Sanza Pombo?

Sanza Pombo receives on average 1,266 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 195 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Sanza Pombo?

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

Sanza Pombo (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 1,266 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 August (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is November (22.0 °C). Rainfall peaks in November.

Sanza Pombo averages 0 frost days, 103 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 195 rainy days per year.

Sanza Pombo 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 35.7 °C (on 22 August 1947) and the coldest 10.5 °C (on 18 July 1950).

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

Sanza PomboUíge Province

coords: -7.31°, 16.00°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthAugustColdest monthNovemberWettest monthNovemberDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

22.7°C

Average daily high

28.8°C

Average daily low

18.2°C

Annual rainfall

1,266mm

Sunshine / day

10.7h

Mean relative humidity

74%

Average peak wind

11.3km/h

Seasonal range

1.3°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

103 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

195 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.0 °C

Average feels-like low

19.3 °C

Average peak gust

28.3 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

22 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 = 0.35 · 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

35.7 °C

22 August 1947

Coldest day

10.5 °C

18 July 1950

Wettest day

65 mm

19 April 1976

Windiest day

21.3 km/h

8 August 1950

Strongest gust

53.3 km/h

6 October 1947

Hottest feels-like

39.6 °C

5 February 1998

Coldest feels-like

7.0 °C

17 July 1950

Sunniest day

12.3 h

14 November 1956

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.1 °C27 September 2025	13.9 °C12 July 2025	22.9 °C	1,219 mm	124
2024	34.4 °C15 September 2024	15.0 °C18 June 2024	23.4 °C	1,389 mm	179
2023	33.6 °C18 May 2023	15.3 °C3 July 2023	23.2 °C	1,395 mm	136
2022	33.0 °C14 October 2022	14.4 °C6 July 2022	23.0 °C	1,088 mm	108
2021	34.0 °C14 March 2021	14.4 °C29 July 2021	23.4 °C	1,157 mm	148
2020	32.9 °C2 September 2020	13.9 °C19 June 2020	23.5 °C	1,184 mm	146
2019	34.2 °C22 March 2019	15.0 °C6 June 2019	23.6 °C	1,291 mm	163
2018	33.7 °C16 March 2018	14.6 °C8 June 2018	23.5 °C	1,247 mm	149
2017	33.5 °C21 September 2017	14.8 °C8 July 2017	23.5 °C	1,185 mm	139
2016	33.4 °C11 October 2016	14.4 °C26 June 2016	23.7 °C	1,208 mm	165
2015	34.6 °C4 September 2015	14.4 °C10 August 2015	23.6 °C	1,321 mm	172
2014	33.6 °C20 February 2014	14.2 °C13 July 2014	23.5 °C	1,133 mm	168
2013	34.2 °C9 August 2013	14.1 °C20 June 2013	23.3 °C	1,178 mm	158
2012	33.7 °C28 August 2012	14.4 °C16 June 2012	23.3 °C	1,083 mm	168
2011	34.7 °C23 August 2011	14.6 °C15 July 2011	23.3 °C	1,353 mm	160
2010	34.2 °C4 March 2010	13.6 °C19 June 2010	23.4 °C	1,229 mm	162
2009	34.6 °C4 September 2009	13.7 °C5 July 2009	23.4 °C	1,227 mm	160
2008	33.7 °C9 September 2008	12.9 °C21 July 2008	22.8 °C	1,211 mm	83
2007	33.3 °C28 January 2007	13.5 °C7 July 2007	22.8 °C	1,157 mm	101
2006	33.6 °C3 August 2006	13.1 °C8 August 2006	22.7 °C	1,401 mm	104
2005	32.1 °C27 March 2005	11.8 °C24 June 2005	22.8 °C	1,274 mm	88
2004	32.6 °C3 March 2004	13.3 °C12 July 2004	22.7 °C	1,285 mm	47
2003	33.0 °C24 May 2003	13.5 °C1 July 2003	23.1 °C	1,086 mm	120
2002	32.7 °C16 July 2002	15.6 °C24 June 2002	22.6 °C	1,560 mm	72
2001	34.0 °C8 September 2001	13.9 °C25 July 2001	23.0 °C	1,008 mm	130
2000	33.5 °C2 September 2000	14.0 °C9 July 2000	22.6 °C	1,331 mm	94
1999	32.4 °C23 March 1999	14.5 °C29 June 1999	22.5 °C	1,476 mm	79
1998	33.5 °C22 May 1998	14.9 °C19 June 1998	23.5 °C	1,332 mm	180
1997	34.1 °C5 August 1997	14.2 °C4 July 1997	22.9 °C	1,249 mm	132
1996	33.8 °C12 August 1996	14.0 °C27 June 1996	22.8 °C	1,381 mm	138
1995	32.5 °C13 June 1995	14.3 °C22 June 1995	22.9 °C	1,350 mm	115
1994	34.4 °C23 February 1994	13.1 °C3 July 1994	22.8 °C	1,280 mm	94
1993	32.4 °C22 June 1993	13.9 °C4 July 1993	22.9 °C	1,184 mm	113
1992	32.5 °C26 September 1992	14.4 °C8 July 1992	22.5 °C	1,396 mm	55
1991	32.7 °C8 September 1991	14.5 °C18 July 1991	22.7 °C	1,457 mm	93
1990	33.8 °C10 September 1990	15.2 °C18 July 1990	22.9 °C	1,347 mm	100
1989	32.4 °C20 August 1989	14.0 °C20 June 1989	22.6 °C	1,316 mm	87
1988	33.6 °C16 August 1988	14.3 °C17 July 1988	23.0 °C	1,310 mm	125
1987	33.5 °C1 September 1987	13.9 °C13 June 1987	23.1 °C	1,284 mm	122
1986	34.0 °C28 August 1986	13.2 °C26 June 1986	22.8 °C	1,202 mm	131
1985	32.6 °C5 September 1985	13.1 °C23 June 1985	22.5 °C	1,180 mm	78
1984	33.8 °C7 September 1984	14.1 °C6 July 1984	22.9 °C	1,231 mm	146
1983	33.4 °C1 September 1983	14.3 °C1 July 1983	23.0 °C	1,203 mm	123
1982	32.1 °C24 August 1982	13.8 °C18 July 1982	22.5 °C	1,317 mm	53
1981	33.4 °C4 June 1981	13.4 °C21 July 1981	23.0 °C	1,088 mm	159
1980	32.6 °C4 February 1980	13.3 °C13 July 1980	23.0 °C	1,043 mm	153
1979	33.2 °C28 February 1979	12.6 °C3 July 1979	22.6 °C	1,142 mm	66
1978	33.8 °C18 March 1978	12.6 °C9 July 1978	22.6 °C	1,058 mm	67
1977	32.7 °C10 February 1977	13.8 °C30 June 1977	22.5 °C	1,336 mm	45
1976	33.0 °C13 September 1976	13.3 °C4 July 1976	22.1 °C	1,472 mm	46
1975	32.5 °C16 March 1975	13.4 °C1 July 1975	22.1 °C	1,278 mm	41
1974	31.5 °C13 August 1974	12.9 °C28 July 1974	21.7 °C	1,382 mm	12
1973	32.3 °C25 February 1973	13.2 °C18 July 1973	22.3 °C	1,284 mm	33
1972	31.7 °C11 March 1972	12.1 °C29 June 1972	21.8 °C	1,495 mm	12
1971	31.5 °C27 May 1971	14.9 °C2 July 1971	21.8 °C	1,418 mm	18
1970	31.1 °C7 February 1970	13.7 °C8 July 1970	22.0 °C	1,437 mm	14
1969	31.0 °C4 April 1969	14.6 °C23 June 1969	22.2 °C	1,502 mm	24
1968	31.7 °C14 September 1968	12.7 °C17 July 1968	21.8 °C	1,361 mm	14
1967	31.1 °C9 January 1967	12.8 °C24 July 1967	21.9 °C	1,434 mm	5
1966	31.4 °C23 February 1966	13.8 °C18 June 1966	22.3 °C	1,506 mm	43
1965	32.3 °C25 February 1965	13.3 °C4 July 1965	22.0 °C	1,410 mm	29
1964	32.6 °C9 March 1964	13.5 °C8 July 1964	22.1 °C	1,220 mm	22
1963	31.1 °C26 March 1963	13.3 °C12 July 1963	22.1 °C	1,142 mm	32
1962	31.4 °C24 March 1962	12.8 °C28 June 1962	21.9 °C	1,203 mm	20
1961	30.6 °C7 April 1961	13.6 °C13 August 1961	21.8 °C	1,579 mm	3
1960	31.6 °C26 March 1960	13.4 °C23 July 1960	22.0 °C	1,480 mm	18
1959	31.5 °C14 March 1959	13.1 °C21 June 1959	22.1 °C	1,545 mm	19
1958	34.2 °C9 March 1958	12.7 °C27 July 1958	22.7 °C	1,144 mm	108
1957	33.4 °C14 March 1957	13.8 °C17 June 1957	22.5 °C	1,299 mm	113
1956	33.2 °C20 February 1956	13.5 °C1 July 1956	22.4 °C	1,203 mm	132
1955	34.9 °C7 March 1955	13.7 °C22 June 1955	22.6 °C	1,042 mm	134
1954	34.0 °C28 August 1954	12.0 °C1 August 1954	22.8 °C	1,015 mm	185
1953	32.9 °C21 February 1953	13.4 °C11 June 1953	22.5 °C	1,130 mm	86
1952	32.7 °C10 August 1952	13.6 °C4 July 1952	22.3 °C	1,550 mm	98
1951	33.1 °C25 August 1951	12.8 °C16 June 1951	22.2 °C	1,606 mm	80
1950	33.1 °C15 August 1950	10.5 °C18 July 1950	22.0 °C	1,418 mm	76
1949	32.5 °C22 August 1949	12.4 °C8 June 1949	22.3 °C	1,251 mm	80
1948	35.0 °C12 September 1948	13.9 °C23 July 1948	22.5 °C	1,497 mm	120
1947	35.7 °C22 August 1947	11.6 °C21 July 1947	23.1 °C	1,022 mm	169
1946	33.6 °C27 July 1946	12.0 °C18 June 1946	22.7 °C	985 mm	163
1945	32.9 °C24 August 1945	13.0 °C14 June 1945	22.3 °C	1,141 mm	105
1944	34.3 °C31 July 1944	14.6 °C3 August 1944	22.9 °C	1,106 mm	153
1943	34.9 °C8 September 1943	13.2 °C26 June 1943	22.4 °C	1,159 mm	163
1942	34.4 °C8 September 1942	13.0 °C17 July 1942	22.9 °C	1,041 mm	173
1941	35.1 °C18 August 1941	12.5 °C22 June 1941	23.6 °C	771 mm	243
1940	35.2 °C13 September 1940	13.5 °C27 June 1940	23.3 °C	980 mm	200

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

29.0 °C

+0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

124 d/yr

+21

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1219 mm

-47 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	28.6 °C	+0.6 °C	163 mm	+19 mm
Feb	29.1 °C	+0.2 °C	145 mm	+28 mm
Mar	29.9 °C	+1.1 °C	168 mm	+14 mm
Apr	28.3 °C	+0.4 °C	161 mm	+9 mm
May	29.0 °C	0.0 °C	62 mm	+18 mm
Jun	30.2 °C	+0.4 °C	2 mm	-2 mm
Jul	29.0 °C	-1.0 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Aug	29.0 °C	-1.4 °C	1 mm	-11 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+0.8 °C	41 mm	-35 mm
Oct	28.7 °C	+0.2 °C	108 mm	-61 mm
Nov	27.7 °C	+0.4 °C	195 mm	-9 mm
Dec	28.2 °C	+0.8 °C	171 mm	-16 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.1 °C

27 Sep 2025

Coldest day

13.9 °C

12 Jul 2025

Wettest day

27.0 mm

12 Feb 2025

Windiest day

17.9 km/h

25 Apr 2025

Strongest gust

49.7 km/h

15 May 2025

Hottest feels-like

37.9 °C

1 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

12.6 °C

10 Jul 2025

Sunniest day

12.1 h

17 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Sanza Pombo?

Sanza Pombo has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 22.7 °C and it receives 1,266 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Sanza Pombo?

The hottest day measured in Sanza Pombo between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1947, reaching 35.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Sanza Pombo?

The coldest day measured in Sanza Pombo between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 10.5 °C.

Does it snow in Sanza Pombo?

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

Has the climate of Sanza Pombo warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Sanza Pombo?

The wettest day measured in Sanza Pombo between 1940 and 2025 was 19 April 1976, with 65 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Sanza Pombo?

The windiest day measured in Sanza Pombo between 1940 and 2025 was 8 August 1950, with winds reaching 21.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Sanza Pombo?

The warmest month in Sanza Pombo is August (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is November (22.0 °C).

How much does it rain in Sanza Pombo?

Sanza Pombo receives on average 1,266 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 195 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Sanza Pombo?

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

Are there tropical nights in Sanza Pombo?

Yes: Sanza Pombo has on average 22 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Sanza Pombo?

In Sanza Pombo, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 39.6 °C on 5 February 1998, and the lowest was 7.0 °C on 17 July 1950.

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