Tombôco climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Tombôco?

Tombôco has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.7 °C and it receives 980 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Tombôco between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1940, reaching 36.8 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Tombôco?

The coldest day measured in Tombôco between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 8.5 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Tombôco?

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

Q: Has the climate of Tombôco warmed?

Yes: Tombôco warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Tombôco?

The wettest day measured in Tombôco between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 1993, with 187 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Tombôco?

The windiest day measured in Tombôco between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1955, with winds reaching 21.1 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Tombôco?

The warmest month in Tombôco is March (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.8 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Tombôco?

Tombôco receives on average 980 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Tombôco?

Tombôco gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Tombôco (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 23.7 °C and it receives 980 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 (25.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.8 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Tombôco averages 0 frost days, 94 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 140 rainy days per year.

Tombôco has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.15 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.8 °C (on 27 February 1940) and the coldest 8.5 °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

TombôcoZaire Province

coords: -6.81°, 13.33°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

23.7°C

Average daily high

28.7°C

Average daily low

20.5°C

Annual rainfall

980mm

Sunshine / day

8.8h

Mean relative humidity

82%

Average peak wind

11.3km/h

Seasonal range

4.7°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

94 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

140 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

32.6 °C

Average feels-like low

23.6 °C

Average peak gust

27.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

240 d/yr

Solar radiation

16.5 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.2 °C

since 1940

+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.51 · 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

36.8 °C

27 February 1940

Coldest day

8.5 °C

18 July 1950

Wettest day

187 mm

7 April 1993

Windiest day

21.1 km/h

6 October 1955

Strongest gust

48.2 km/h

28 September 1941

Hottest feels-like

43.3 °C

1 April 2007

Coldest feels-like

6.6 °C

18 July 1950

Sunniest day

12.2 h

23 January 1941

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.2 °C29 April 2025	15.2 °C9 August 2025	24.3 °C	1,133 mm	124
2024	35.2 °C10 February 2024	16.4 °C2 August 2024	25.0 °C	1,378 mm	172
2023	33.5 °C19 April 2023	17.3 °C10 July 2023	24.4 °C	1,510 mm	116
2022	34.2 °C19 February 2022	15.4 °C8 August 2022	24.2 °C	966 mm	123
2021	32.7 °C22 September 2021	17.6 °C29 July 2021	24.7 °C	1,276 mm	110
2020	34.0 °C20 February 2020	17.4 °C13 July 2020	24.7 °C	1,197 mm	114
2019	32.7 °C2 February 2019	16.4 °C27 June 2019	24.7 °C	1,410 mm	107
2018	33.3 °C16 February 2018	15.8 °C1 August 2018	24.4 °C	1,336 mm	93
2017	33.5 °C5 March 2017	16.6 °C24 July 2017	24.3 °C	965 mm	80
2016	33.0 °C1 March 2016	15.6 °C25 July 2016	24.6 °C	1,437 mm	108
2015	32.3 °C12 March 2015	15.8 °C10 August 2015	24.1 °C	1,352 mm	66
2014	32.6 °C15 March 2014	14.4 °C7 July 2014	24.1 °C	1,099 mm	89
2013	32.6 °C22 February 2013	14.6 °C9 August 2013	24.1 °C	1,120 mm	97
2012	34.4 °C19 February 2012	14.6 °C24 July 2012	24.4 °C	895 mm	117
2011	32.5 °C17 April 2011	14.7 °C23 July 2011	23.9 °C	1,189 mm	65
2010	34.4 °C7 March 2010	16.0 °C15 July 2010	24.3 °C	954 mm	98
2009	33.3 °C25 March 2009	16.2 °C8 July 2009	24.3 °C	1,281 mm	121
2008	33.6 °C24 October 2008	15.3 °C5 July 2008	24.0 °C	1,110 mm	104
2007	34.2 °C1 April 2007	15.2 °C28 July 2007	23.8 °C	1,507 mm	68
2006	32.7 °C6 April 2006	14.3 °C9 August 2006	23.8 °C	1,071 mm	67
2005	33.2 °C11 February 2005	15.4 °C23 June 2005	23.5 °C	1,176 mm	65
2004	32.4 °C21 April 2004	15.0 °C19 July 2004	23.5 °C	1,262 mm	41
2003	31.7 °C31 October 2003	16.3 °C3 July 2003	24.0 °C	1,256 mm	62
2002	32.9 °C24 February 2002	14.2 °C19 July 2002	23.8 °C	1,251 mm	48
2001	33.1 °C18 November 2001	13.9 °C18 August 2001	23.7 °C	924 mm	76
2000	32.9 °C22 October 2000	14.2 °C17 July 2000	23.7 °C	1,169 mm	55
1999	32.7 °C29 March 1999	15.6 °C27 July 1999	24.0 °C	1,538 mm	84
1998	33.2 °C4 February 1998	17.0 °C25 July 1998	24.6 °C	1,322 mm	132
1997	35.6 °C11 April 1997	14.1 °C3 July 1997	24.1 °C	885 mm	161
1996	34.0 °C28 December 1996	14.2 °C5 August 1996	23.5 °C	952 mm	77
1995	32.7 °C31 March 1995	16.0 °C13 July 1995	23.9 °C	1,356 mm	68
1994	34.1 °C6 October 1994	14.9 °C6 August 1994	23.6 °C	1,312 mm	73
1993	33.7 °C29 March 1993	15.5 °C22 August 1993	23.8 °C	1,179 mm	76
1992	33.5 °C6 November 1992	13.9 °C26 July 1992	23.4 °C	922 mm	75
1991	32.5 °C9 March 1991	15.7 °C27 July 1991	23.8 °C	1,036 mm	75
1990	35.2 °C15 February 1990	15.4 °C25 July 1990	24.3 °C	884 mm	158
1989	34.0 °C24 November 1989	15.0 °C26 July 1989	23.8 °C	942 mm	78
1988	34.7 °C18 October 1988	15.8 °C22 July 1988	24.2 °C	1,032 mm	120
1987	33.9 °C25 January 1987	15.3 °C21 July 1987	24.2 °C	1,158 mm	127
1986	34.0 °C21 October 1986	15.0 °C29 August 1986	23.8 °C	879 mm	123
1985	35.9 °C7 March 1985	14.6 °C7 July 1985	23.9 °C	727 mm	153
1984	34.8 °C11 October 1984	15.9 °C26 July 1984	24.5 °C	1,057 mm	174
1983	33.5 °C18 December 1983	13.7 °C12 August 1983	23.7 °C	872 mm	143
1982	33.6 °C28 March 1982	14.5 °C24 July 1982	23.5 °C	383 mm	130
1981	36.2 °C14 March 1981	13.5 °C21 July 1981	23.6 °C	406 mm	159
1980	35.5 °C14 January 1980	14.8 °C7 August 1980	23.9 °C	394 mm	181
1979	34.7 °C21 March 1979	14.0 °C3 August 1979	23.7 °C	429 mm	151
1978	33.8 °C28 February 1978	14.5 °C3 August 1978	23.4 °C	440 mm	92
1977	33.2 °C6 February 1977	15.0 °C29 June 1977	23.4 °C	718 mm	59
1976	32.0 °C14 February 1976	12.8 °C9 July 1976	23.1 °C	700 mm	56
1975	32.7 °C16 March 1975	13.4 °C2 August 1975	23.2 °C	886 mm	50
1974	31.5 °C29 April 1974	14.2 °C3 July 1974	23.0 °C	891 mm	29
1973	32.9 °C6 March 1973	14.1 °C10 August 1973	23.4 °C	925 mm	36
1972	31.6 °C17 March 1972	13.4 °C1 August 1972	23.1 °C	936 mm	36
1971	31.8 °C17 April 1971	15.4 °C21 July 1971	23.1 °C	987 mm	30
1970	33.4 °C4 March 1970	14.7 °C13 July 1970	23.4 °C	924 mm	65
1969	31.7 °C15 January 1969	14.4 °C3 August 1969	23.3 °C	928 mm	57
1968	32.3 °C20 December 1968	13.9 °C20 June 1968	23.0 °C	919 mm	40
1967	31.4 °C3 April 1967	14.4 °C23 July 1967	23.0 °C	988 mm	13
1966	31.3 °C28 March 1966	14.8 °C29 August 1966	23.5 °C	1,159 mm	36
1965	32.6 °C27 January 1965	14.4 °C14 July 1965	23.0 °C	899 mm	34
1964	31.3 °C7 March 1964	14.2 °C4 August 1964	23.0 °C	774 mm	27
1963	32.0 °C30 December 1963	13.9 °C12 July 1963	23.3 °C	785 mm	24
1962	31.8 °C17 April 1962	14.7 °C24 July 1962	22.8 °C	1,081 mm	7
1961	30.8 °C2 March 1961	13.7 °C1 August 1961	22.7 °C	1,323 mm	14
1960	31.6 °C30 March 1960	13.4 °C20 July 1960	23.1 °C	1,434 mm	11
1959	32.6 °C23 September 1959	15.1 °C27 July 1959	23.2 °C	1,523 mm	34
1958	35.0 °C26 March 1958	11.9 °C27 June 1958	23.1 °C	441 mm	119
1957	33.5 °C6 March 1957	13.5 °C26 July 1957	23.5 °C	702 mm	115
1956	35.7 °C13 March 1956	12.3 °C22 July 1956	23.3 °C	450 mm	134
1955	35.9 °C14 March 1955	12.9 °C8 August 1955	23.6 °C	472 mm	175
1954	35.7 °C9 January 1954	12.8 °C28 July 1954	23.1 °C	835 mm	117
1953	33.4 °C26 February 1953	14.4 °C18 August 1953	23.4 °C	366 mm	112
1952	31.2 °C6 April 1952	12.4 °C11 July 1952	23.0 °C	1,378 mm	42
1951	33.2 °C20 November 1951	14.2 °C25 July 1951	23.2 °C	890 mm	61
1950	32.0 °C1 February 1950	8.5 °C18 July 1950	22.9 °C	1,048 mm	35
1949	32.0 °C21 April 1949	14.6 °C24 July 1949	23.4 °C	1,300 mm	44
1948	34.0 °C28 October 1948	14.7 °C29 July 1948	23.6 °C	874 mm	127
1947	35.2 °C9 February 1947	13.1 °C20 July 1947	23.8 °C	442 mm	229
1946	34.7 °C25 October 1946	13.7 °C29 July 1946	23.5 °C	610 mm	140
1945	34.5 °C1 February 1945	13.8 °C29 June 1945	23.5 °C	1,099 mm	110
1944	34.9 °C10 October 1944	13.9 °C1 August 1944	23.6 °C	854 mm	120
1943	35.2 °C5 February 1943	12.8 °C5 July 1943	23.3 °C	913 mm	145
1942	35.7 °C22 February 1942	14.5 °C11 August 1942	23.6 °C	625 mm	189
1941	36.3 °C9 March 1941	12.8 °C1 September 1941	24.2 °C	256 mm	253
1940	36.8 °C27 February 1940	13.9 °C18 June 1940	23.7 °C	601 mm	159

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

28.7 °C

0.0 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

124 d/yr

+30

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1133 mm

+153 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	29.5 °C	0.0 °C	231 mm	+110 mm
Feb	30.4 °C	+0.3 °C	194 mm	+76 mm
Mar	30.4 °C	+0.1 °C	95 mm	-53 mm
Apr	30.9 °C	+1.1 °C	122 mm	-84 mm
May	30.1 °C	+1.3 °C	137 mm	+70 mm
Jun	28.0 °C	+0.5 °C	7 mm	+5 mm
Jul	25.6 °C	-1.1 °C	2 mm	+1 mm
Aug	25.6 °C	-1.2 °C	3 mm	-0 mm
Sep	27.2 °C	-0.5 °C	11 mm	+2 mm
Oct	28.4 °C	-0.1 °C	35 mm	-12 mm
Nov	29.4 °C	+0.3 °C	132 mm	+5 mm
Dec	29.0 °C	-0.1 °C	166 mm	+35 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.2 °C

29 Apr 2025

Coldest day

15.2 °C

9 Aug 2025

Wettest day

42.0 mm

10 Dec 2025

Windiest day

16.6 km/h

27 Sep 2025

Strongest gust

37.4 km/h

19 Sep 2025

Hottest feels-like

41.0 °C

10 Mar 2025

Coldest feels-like

16.0 °C

16 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.0 h

8 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Tombôco?

Tombôco has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 23.7 °C and it receives 980 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Tombôco?

The hottest day measured in Tombôco between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 1940, reaching 36.8 °C.

What is the coldest day in Tombôco?

The coldest day measured in Tombôco between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 8.5 °C.

Does it snow in Tombôco?

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

Has the climate of Tombôco warmed?

Yes: Tombôco warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Tombôco?

The wettest day measured in Tombôco between 1940 and 2025 was 7 April 1993, with 187 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Tombôco?

The windiest day measured in Tombôco between 1940 and 2025 was 6 October 1955, with winds reaching 21.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Tombôco?

The warmest month in Tombôco is March (25.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.8 °C).

How much does it rain in Tombôco?

Tombôco receives on average 980 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 140 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Tombôco?

Tombôco gets on average 8.8 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,212 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Tombôco?

Yes: Tombôco has on average 240 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Tombôco?

In Tombôco, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.3 °C on 1 April 2007, and the lowest was 6.6 °C on 18 July 1950.

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