Virei climate — normals and trends
Virei (Angola) has a hot desert climate (BWh) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 235 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 April (27.1 °C on average) and the coldest is August (21.6 °C). Rainfall peaks in March.
Virei averages 0 frost days, 311 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 40 rainy days per year.
Virei has warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.20 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 41.6 °C (on 17 October 2013) and the coldest 7.1 °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
VireiNamibe Province
- coords
- -15.73°, 12.95°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
24.5°C
Average daily high
32.7°C
Average daily low
18.2°C
Annual rainfall
235mm
Sunshine / day
11.3h
Mean relative humidity
50%
Average peak wind
21.4km/h
Seasonal range
5.5°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
311 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
40 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
32.6 °C
Average feels-like low
18.3 °C
Average peak gust
40.1 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
129 d/yr
Solar radiation
23.3 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.7 °C
since 1940
+0.2 °C per decade · r² = 0.59 · 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
41.6 °C
17 October 2013
Coldest day
7.1 °C
27 June 1957
Wettest day
88 mm
21 March 1949
Windiest day
40.6 km/h
11 July 2023
Strongest gust
72.4 km/h
11 July 2023
Hottest feels-like
43.5 °C
17 October 2013
Coldest feels-like
4.0 °C
27 June 1957
Sunniest day
12.7 h
27 January 2025
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33.9 °C | +1.3 °C | 3 mm | -27 mm |
| Feb | 32.1 °C | -0.7 °C | 49 mm | +5 mm |
| Mar | 32.7 °C | -0.2 °C | 69 mm | -24 mm |
| Apr | 34.4 °C | +0.1 °C | 26 mm | +1 mm |
| May | 34.6 °C | +0.5 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Jun | 33.0 °C | +1.3 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 31.3 °C | +0.1 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 30.3 °C | -0.9 °C | 0 mm | +0 mm |
| Sep | 32.0 °C | +0.3 °C | 0 mm | -0 mm |
| Oct | 33.4 °C | 0.0 °C | 1 mm | -4 mm |
| Nov | 35.2 °C | +1.3 °C | 10 mm | -5 mm |
| Dec | 33.8 °C | +0.7 °C | 9 mm | -14 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Virei?
Virei has a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 24.5 °C and it receives 235 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Virei?
The hottest day measured in Virei between 1940 and 2025 was 17 October 2013, reaching 41.6 °C.
What is the coldest day in Virei?
The coldest day measured in Virei between 1940 and 2025 was 27 June 1957, at 7.1 °C.
Does it snow in Virei?
Almost never: Virei sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Virei warmed?
Yes: Virei warmed by +1.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Virei?
The wettest day measured in Virei between 1940 and 2025 was 21 March 1949, with 88 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Virei?
The windiest day measured in Virei between 1940 and 2025 was 11 July 2023, with winds reaching 40.6 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Virei?
The warmest month in Virei is April (27.1 °C on average); the coldest is August (21.6 °C).
How much does it rain in Virei?
Virei receives on average 235 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 40 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Virei?
Virei gets on average 11.3 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 4,125 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Virei?
Yes: Virei has on average 129 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Virei?
In Virei, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 43.5 °C on 17 October 2013, and the lowest was 4.0 °C on 27 June 1957.
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