Uíge climate — normals and trends

Uíge (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,732 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 (22.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (20.5 °C). Rainfall peaks in April.

Uíge averages 0 frost days, 25 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 195 rainy days per year.

Uíge 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 34.7 °C (on 22 February 1940) and the coldest 8.7 °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

UígeUíge Province

coords
-7.61°, 15.06°
period
19402025 · 86 yrs
AwTropical savannaWarmest monthMarchColdest monthJulyWettest monthAprilDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

21.7°C

Average daily high

27.1°C

Average daily low

17.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,732mm

Sunshine / day

9.7h

Mean relative humidity

80%

Average peak wind

8.8km/h

Seasonal range

2.0°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

25 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

195 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

30.4 °C

Average feels-like low

19.7 °C

Average peak gust

27.9 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

24 d/yr

Solar radiation

18.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+1.0 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.36 · p = < 0.001

1940Each stripe is one year, from 1940 (left) to 2025 (right). Blue = colder than the period average, red = warmer.2025

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

34.7 °C

22 February 1940

Coldest day

8.7 °C

18 July 1950

Wettest day

157 mm

7 February 1951

Windiest day

19.1 km/h

22 August 1950

Strongest gust

54.0 km/h

18 April 1984

Hottest feels-like

38.9 °C

9 April 2002

Coldest feels-like

6.2 °C

18 July 1950

Sunniest day

12.1 h

17 November 2009

YearHottest dayColdest dayAnnual meanRainfallHot daysFrost days
202532.6 °C19 February 202513.0 °C16 August 202522.0 °C1,890 mm320
202432.9 °C8 May 202413.8 °C2 August 202422.6 °C1,985 mm830
202331.7 °C11 May 202314.0 °C12 July 202322.1 °C2,142 mm240
202231.6 °C5 June 202213.5 °C12 June 202222.0 °C1,558 mm350
202132.3 °C16 July 202115.0 °C21 July 202122.5 °C2,014 mm420
202031.3 °C3 May 202014.5 °C21 July 202022.5 °C1,671 mm250
201931.1 °C21 March 201913.6 °C28 June 201922.5 °C2,193 mm110
201831.9 °C23 July 201814.2 °C8 June 201822.5 °C2,000 mm300
201731.7 °C10 June 201714.6 °C8 July 201722.4 °C1,692 mm240
201631.2 °C15 April 201612.5 °C26 July 201622.6 °C2,132 mm210
201532.9 °C8 July 201512.9 °C10 August 201522.1 °C1,972 mm150
201431.3 °C26 August 201412.5 °C7 July 201422.2 °C1,817 mm130
201331.1 °C8 July 201312.8 °C8 August 201322.0 °C2,059 mm130
201232.2 °C4 February 201212.9 °C20 July 201222.0 °C1,744 mm140
201132.0 °C2 August 201113.6 °C23 July 201121.9 °C2,091 mm170
201032.5 °C5 March 201014.2 °C21 June 201022.4 °C1,757 mm490
200932.1 °C27 July 200913.9 °C12 July 200922.2 °C2,203 mm420
200831.8 °C6 October 200811.9 °C5 July 200821.8 °C1,583 mm140
200732.3 °C1 April 200713.2 °C7 July 200721.6 °C2,250 mm90
200631.2 °C5 June 200611.8 °C8 August 200621.6 °C1,908 mm130
200531.1 °C14 February 200513.1 °C23 June 200521.7 °C2,563 mm110
200431.1 °C20 May 200413.3 °C22 June 200421.7 °C2,022 mm120
200331.5 °C19 May 200312.2 °C1 July 200321.9 °C1,837 mm150
200232.3 °C24 February 200212.6 °C19 July 200221.6 °C2,291 mm160
200131.9 °C7 September 200112.6 °C22 July 200121.9 °C1,336 mm220
200031.3 °C20 March 200013.1 °C17 July 200021.6 °C1,652 mm190
199931.3 °C16 February 199913.5 °C2 July 199921.7 °C2,131 mm90
199832.7 °C14 June 199814.0 °C14 June 199822.3 °C2,062 mm470
199733.5 °C11 July 199712.5 °C6 July 199722.0 °C1,760 mm330
199631.3 °C19 July 199612.0 °C17 July 199621.5 °C1,689 mm90
199531.8 °C31 March 199513.1 °C12 July 199521.7 °C2,131 mm90
199432.4 °C23 February 199413.2 °C4 July 199421.6 °C2,073 mm160
199331.6 °C30 June 199313.4 °C18 June 199321.8 °C1,814 mm230
199231.8 °C12 March 199211.9 °C23 June 199221.2 °C2,147 mm80
199131.0 °C30 September 199113.4 °C30 July 199121.6 °C1,939 mm80
199031.2 °C23 July 199012.9 °C28 June 199021.9 °C1,951 mm120
198930.8 °C25 May 198913.5 °C20 July 198921.6 °C1,732 mm140
198832.5 °C31 May 198813.2 °C17 July 198822.0 °C2,108 mm390
198731.8 °C2 March 198712.4 °C15 June 198722.2 °C1,721 mm330
198631.9 °C11 May 198612.9 °C12 July 198621.8 °C1,319 mm380
198533.2 °C7 March 198512.8 °C17 June 198521.7 °C1,392 mm230
198432.4 °C20 February 198413.4 °C20 July 198422.0 °C1,751 mm600
198330.9 °C30 April 198311.9 °C26 June 198321.7 °C1,909 mm150
198230.5 °C28 March 198212.1 °C3 August 198221.5 °C1,203 mm30
198132.8 °C24 May 198112.3 °C7 August 198122.1 °C1,198 mm550
198032.4 °C4 February 198012.3 °C13 July 198022.0 °C1,327 mm310
197932.8 °C7 March 197913.4 °C6 July 197921.9 °C1,265 mm240
197831.6 °C27 February 197812.7 °C23 June 197821.6 °C1,001 mm210
197731.7 °C14 February 197711.6 °C30 June 197721.4 °C1,435 mm50
197630.3 °C13 September 197610.5 °C9 July 197621.0 °C1,685 mm10
197531.7 °C23 March 197512.9 °C1 August 197521.1 °C1,976 mm60
197429.5 °C11 March 197411.9 °C7 July 197420.8 °C1,505 mm00
197331.2 °C25 April 197313.1 °C6 August 197321.4 °C1,600 mm60
197231.0 °C21 March 197211.2 °C29 June 197220.9 °C2,071 mm10
197130.0 °C5 March 197113.2 °C20 July 197120.8 °C1,794 mm20
197030.8 °C24 March 197013.2 °C5 July 197021.1 °C2,058 mm30
196930.4 °C15 April 196912.8 °C16 July 196921.3 °C1,703 mm20
196829.6 °C25 February 196811.6 °C20 June 196820.9 °C1,814 mm00
196731.3 °C5 April 196711.7 °C23 July 196721.0 °C1,689 mm30
196629.9 °C26 July 196612.8 °C18 June 196621.3 °C2,181 mm00
196530.0 °C25 February 196513.1 °C20 July 196521.1 °C1,776 mm10
196430.0 °C9 March 196410.6 °C3 August 196420.8 °C1,727 mm10
196329.5 °C14 January 196310.2 °C13 July 196321.1 °C1,315 mm00
196229.0 °C15 May 196212.9 °C30 June 196220.9 °C1,385 mm00
196129.2 °C30 March 196111.8 °C31 July 196120.7 °C1,941 mm00
196029.8 °C4 March 196011.7 °C22 June 196021.1 °C2,167 mm00
195929.6 °C28 June 195913.6 °C4 August 195921.1 °C2,070 mm00
195832.4 °C4 March 19589.7 °C25 June 195821.5 °C1,046 mm340
195731.5 °C18 March 195710.8 °C26 June 195721.5 °C1,536 mm220
195634.2 °C1 March 195610.5 °C24 July 195621.5 °C973 mm410
195533.6 °C13 March 195511.6 °C10 August 195521.5 °C1,082 mm590
195432.3 °C4 July 195410.3 °C27 July 195421.3 °C1,812 mm470
195332.4 °C21 February 195311.9 °C27 June 195321.4 °C1,023 mm80
195231.6 °C3 August 195211.3 °C19 July 195221.3 °C1,943 mm140
195132.1 °C29 July 195112.4 °C24 July 195121.2 °C1,973 mm120
195033.5 °C15 August 19508.7 °C18 July 195021.1 °C1,779 mm170
194930.2 °C24 July 194912.2 °C1 August 194921.2 °C2,040 mm10
194831.4 °C11 September 194812.6 °C4 August 194821.4 °C1,664 mm310
194733.8 °C6 September 194710.7 °C12 July 194722.1 °C1,147 mm1350
194633.0 °C12 March 194611.9 °C9 August 194621.7 °C1,166 mm660
194532.2 °C11 March 194512.5 °C19 June 194521.5 °C1,639 mm360
194432.9 °C13 September 194412.1 °C2 July 194421.6 °C1,696 mm630
194332.5 °C10 September 194310.1 °C3 July 194321.2 °C1,772 mm470
194232.8 °C4 October 194211.5 °C28 June 194221.8 °C1,138 mm820
194133.3 °C27 August 194112.3 °C31 August 194122.5 °C520 mm1520
194034.7 °C22 February 194012.1 °C18 June 194022.0 °C1,107 mm1190

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

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Across the whole year

Average daily high
27.3 °C
+0.2 °C
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
32 d/yr
+7
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
0
Annual rainfall
1890 mm
+158 mm

Month by month

Highvs. normalPrecipitationvs. normal
Jan26.6 °C0.0 °C199 mm+50 mm
Feb27.8 °C+0.3 °C219 mm+88 mm
Mar28.5 °C+0.8 °C211 mm-3 mm
Apr27.8 °C+0.3 °C355 mm+44 mm
May28.9 °C+1.4 °C169 mm+30 mm
Jun28.9 °C+1.3 °C13 mm+3 mm
Jul27.4 °C-0.1 °C2 mm-1 mm
Aug25.5 °C-1.5 °C9 mm-4 mm
Sep26.6 °C-0.5 °C46 mm-17 mm
Oct26.5 °C-0.1 °C148 mm-62 mm
Nov26.4 °C+0.2 °C293 mm+19 mm
Dec26.8 °C+0.5 °C227 mm+13 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day
32.6 °C
19 Feb 2025
Coldest day
13.0 °C
16 Aug 2025
Wettest day
42.2 mm
7 Mar 2025
Windiest day
14.8 km/h
13 May 2025
Strongest gust
48.2 km/h
15 May 2025
Hottest feels-like
37.3 °C
10 Mar 2025
Coldest feels-like
13.3 °C
16 Aug 2025
Sunniest day
12.0 h
24 Nov 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Uíge?

Uíge has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 21.7 °C and it receives 1,732 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Uíge?

The hottest day measured in Uíge between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1940, reaching 34.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Uíge?

The coldest day measured in Uíge between 1940 and 2025 was 18 July 1950, at 8.7 °C.

Does it snow in Uíge?

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

Has the climate of Uíge warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Uíge?

The wettest day measured in Uíge between 1940 and 2025 was 7 February 1951, with 157 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Uíge?

The windiest day measured in Uíge between 1940 and 2025 was 22 August 1950, with winds reaching 19.1 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Uíge?

The warmest month in Uíge is March (22.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (20.5 °C).

How much does it rain in Uíge?

Uíge receives on average 1,732 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 195 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Uíge?

Uíge gets on average 9.7 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,540 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Uíge?

Yes: Uíge has on average 24 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Uíge?

In Uíge, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 38.9 °C on 9 April 2002, and the lowest was 6.2 °C on 18 July 1950.

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