Catumbela weather by month & the best time to visit
🇦🇴 Angola · beach resort · semi-arid climate
The best time to visit Catumbela is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 95/100), with August and September close behind. Catumbela averages about 2,688 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 32°C / 90°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,688
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 95/100
- Rain / year
- 578 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 11 (extreme)
- Sea at warmest
- 30°C / 86°F
- Population
- 95k
- Elevation
- Sea level

When is the best time to visit Catumbela?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Catumbela is July, then August and September. The dullest month is November (65/100, 126 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Catumbela?
Catumbela gets a lot of sun: around 2,688 hours a year. July (95/100) is noticeably better than November (65). It ranks #6 of 14 destinations in Angola for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,397 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around December, carries about 46% of the annual 578 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 81 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 77 mm | 11 | 28° / 82°F |
| February | 73 | 33° / 91°F | 24° / 75°F | 76 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| March | 67 | 33° / 91°F | 24° / 75°F | 109 mm | 11 | 30° / 86°F |
| April | 66 | 34° / 93°F | 24° / 75°F | 67 mm | 10 | 29° / 84°F |
| May | 66 | 35° / 95°F | 22° / 72°F | 4 mm | 9 | 28° / 82°F |
| June | 85 | 33° / 91°F | 20° / 68°F | 1 mm | 7 | 23° / 73°F |
| July | 95 | 32° / 90°F | 19° / 66°F | 0 mm | 6 | 21° / 70°F |
| August | 94 | 31° / 88°F | 19° / 66°F | 3 mm | 7 | 20° / 68°F |
| September | 92 | 32° / 90°F | 20° / 68°F | 13 mm | 8 | 22° / 72°F |
| October | 70 | 34° / 93°F | 22° / 72°F | 40 mm | 9 | 25° / 77°F |
| November | 65 | 33° / 91°F | 23° / 73°F | 126 mm | 10 | 26° / 79°F |
| December | 83 | 32° / 90°F | 23° / 73°F | 62 mm | 11 | 26° / 79°F |
Sea temperature in Catumbela by month
The sea off Catumbela is warmest in February at around 30°C / 86°F, and coolest in August at 20°C / 68°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly 11 months a year. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) Angola · 381 km · best in Jun · 2,165 h sun/yr
- Luanda Angola · 404 km · best in Jun · 2,101 h sun/yr
- Pointe Noire Congo - Brazzaville · 870 km · best in Jul · 1,577 h sun/yr
- Kinshasa Congo - Kinshasa · 925 km · best in Jul · 1,782 h sun/yr
- Brazzaville Congo - Brazzaville · 935 km · best in Jul · 1,782 h sun/yr
- Windhoek Namibia · 1,189 km · best in Jun · 3,829 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Huambo Angola · 249 km · 2,931 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Lubango Angola · 272 km · 3,356 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Moçâmedes Angola · 341 km · 3,405 h sun/yr · best in May
- Malanje Angola · 451 km · 2,492 h sun/yr · best in Jul
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