Climate and average weather in Catchiungo

In Catchiungo, the weather is hot, wet, and mostly clear and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near hot levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around November.

Best: late April to early September

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Catchiungo typically varies from 11°C to 28°C, and is rarely below 8°C or above 30°C. September is the hottest month of the year, while December is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Catchiungo for warm-weather activities is from late April to early September.

Hottest
Sep
28°
Coldest
Dec
15°
Wettest
Nov
296 mm
Driest
Jul
0 mm
Rain / yr
1624 mm
159 wet days
Daylight
11.3–12.7 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,818 m
12.6°S
Clearest
Jun
12% cloud

Catchiungo weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around late April to early September.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Catchiungo, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Catchiungo stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is September, with an average high of 28°C and low of 15°C; the coolest is December, with an average low of 15°C and high of 23°C.

Days typically run about 11°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 14°C) in August.

10°15°20°25°30°35°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2315
Feb2415
Mar2415
Apr2414
May2412
Jun2411
Jul2411
Aug2713
Sep2815
Oct2615
Nov2415
Dec2315

Average hourly temperature in Catchiungo

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on September afternoons, near 28°C, and coldest before dawn in December, near 15°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Catchiungo weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan23° / 15°25521.812.74.7
Feb24° / 15°21319.412.44.9
Mar24° / 15°24324.612.14.4
Apr24° / 14°9013.711.76.2
May24° / 12°51.111.49.0
Jun24° / 11°00.211.39.6
Jul24° / 11°0011.39.5
Aug27° / 13°20.411.68.7
Sep28° / 15°355.111.97.0
Oct26° / 15°19521.112.35.0
Nov24° / 15°29626.312.64.1
Dec23° / 15°29025.612.74.2

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Catchiungo gets about 1624 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is often wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 6.4 months, from around Oct 4 to Apr 16, peaking in November at about 89% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jun 21.

November is the wettest month by volume, with 296 mm over about 26 wet days; July is the driest, with 0 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwetterdrierwettermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetNov 4 · 89%Jun 21 · 0%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan7022
Feb6919
Mar7925
Apr4514
May51
Jun10
Jul00
Aug10
Sep185
Oct6721
Nov8826
Dec8326

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Catchiungo collects about 1624 mm of rain across 159 wet days — roughly 135 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. November is the wettest month with 296 mm, while July is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 52% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec2552132439050235195296290
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan25522
Feb21319
Mar24325
Apr9014
May51
Jun00
Jul00
Aug20
Sep355
Oct19521
Nov29626
Dec29026

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Catchiungo, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows significant seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around April 21 and lasts for 5.7 months, ending around October 10. The clearest month is June, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 94% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around October 11 and lasts for 6.3 months, ending around April 20. The cloudiest month is December, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 93% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJun 24 · 96%Dec 8 · 6%clearmostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan991
Feb1189
Mar1288
Apr4159
May8416
Jun946
Jul946
Aug8713
Sep7624
Oct3763
Nov1090
Dec793

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. The longest day, around January 1, brings about 12 h 42 min of light; the shortest, around May 27, only 11 h 18 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 24 min.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.75:446:24
Feb12.45:576:22
Mar12.16:026:07
Apr11.76:045:47
May11.46:095:34
Jun11.36:175:33
Jul11.36:215:41
Aug11.66:125:47
Sep11.95:515:47
Oct12.35:325:49
Nov12.65:235:58
Dec12.75:296:13

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Catchiungo averages about 10 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 27 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 5.0 months, from around Apr 27 to Sep 24. The sunniest month is June, with roughly 26 sunny days (brilliant).

The greyest month is December, down near 0 sunny days — about 98% fewer than the June peak.

051015202530JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedbrightbrilliantJun 2327 daysDec 90 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan1Gloomy
Feb1Gloomy
Mar1Gloomy
Apr6Gloomy
May20Bright
Jun25Brilliant
Jul26Brilliant
Aug21Bright
Sep13Mixed
Oct4Gloomy
Nov1Gloomy
Dec1Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Catchiungo, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 5.9 months, from around October 19 to April 15. The muggiest month is November, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 65% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around April 16 to October 18, and May is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 99% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecMay 20 · 100%Nov 30 · 31%humiddrycomfortablehumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan134146
Feb153847
Mar63460
Apr323929
May9091
Jun9910
Jul10000
Aug10000
Sep85141
Oct245026
Nov33265
Dec63460

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Across the year, average wind speed in Catchiungo is typically calm, near 8 km/h, and varies little with the seasons.

The windier part of the year lasts 5.7 months, from around Apr 8 to Sep 26. The windiest month is August, averaging about 10 km/h (calm).

The calmer part of the year runs from around Sep 27 to Apr 7, with November the calmest month at about 6 km/h.

051015JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmerwindiercalmercalmlight breezeAug 8 · 10 km/hNov 26 · 6 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan7calm
Feb7calm
Mar7calm
Apr8calm
May9calm
Jun9calm
Jul10calm
Aug10calm
Sep9calm
Oct7calm
Nov6calm
Dec6calm

Hazard calendar for Catchiungo

In seasonPeak

When the seasonal hazards worth planning around — the rainy season, tropical-cyclone risk and dust haze — are active through the year.

Catchiungo's monsoon runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Best time to visit Catchiungo

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Catchiungo throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late August, Catchiungo is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Catchiungo for general outdoor tourist activities is from late April to early September, with a peak score in the third week of June.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJun 20 · 9.7

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.7fair
Feb4.9fair
Mar4.5fair
Apr6.3good
May8.9ideal
Jun9.6ideal
Jul9.5ideal
Aug8.6ideal
Sep7.0good
Oct5.0fair
Nov4.1fair
Dec4.2fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best time of year to visit Catchiungo for hot-weather activities is from early May to late September, with a peak score in the last week of August.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationAug 28 · 8.7

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Catchiungo, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Catchiungo packs about the same all year — highs hold near 28°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, sun protection and rain gear.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In September, Catchiungo sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 5 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Catchiungo by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Catchiungo peaks around January 18 at about 17 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 18UV 17Jun 23UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan17Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug10Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Catchiungo

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in January the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 9 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan97.5
Feb8.57
Mar8.57
Apr86
May75
Jun74.5
Jul74.5
Aug7.55
Sep7.55.5
Oct86
Nov8.56.5
Dec8.56.5

Air quality in Catchiungo by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Catchiungo is worst in July — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.2× the cleanest month (December, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodJul 2277 µg/m³Dec 239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan9Good
Feb10Good
Mar11Good
Apr10Good
May20Moderate
Jun56Unhealthy
Jul78Unhealthy
Aug73Unhealthy
Sep48Poor
Oct19Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Catchiungo is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Catchiungo banks about 3,335 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around September.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan280
Feb258
Mar284
Apr267
May258
Jun217
Jul234
Aug307
Sep340
Oct329
Nov282
Dec280

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Catchiungo receives about 5.8 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 5.2 and 6.5 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

012345678JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseOct 46.5 kWhMar 255.2 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.6Bright
Feb5.7Bright
Mar5.4Bright
Apr5.5Bright
May5.7Bright
Jun5.6Bright
Jul5.8Bright
Aug6.2Intense
Sep6.4Intense
Oct6.4Intense
Nov5.8Bright
Dec5.4Bright

Where is Catchiungo?

Catchiungo sits at 12.6°S, 16.2°E, 1,818 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Chinguar, 12 km away.

Londuimbali

Topography around Catchiungo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Catchiungo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Catchiungo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 122 m around an average of 1,776 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 281 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 843 m.

The land around Catchiungo is covered by cropland (59%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and cropland (28%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%), shrubs (24%) and cropland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
122 m
16 km
281 m
80 km
843 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
Nearby: Chinguar 12 km · Huambo 58 km · Caála 79 km · Ecunna 79 km · Cuíto 79 km · Mungo 82 km · Alto Hama 82 km · Londuimbali 105 km

Angola travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,129
2025
Happiness
3.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate
4.1
per 100k, 2016
Road deaths
26.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 413
Religion
Roman Catholic 41%Protestant 38%none 12%other 9%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Catchiungo (-12.566°, 16.2259°, elevation 1,818 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).