Cazombo weather in October

In October, Cazombo sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 182 mm of rain across 26.6 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Cazombo's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cazombo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 182 mm; 26.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:38 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 6th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 4.77 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 27°C through the month.

A typical October day in Cazombo reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	26	19
18	26	19
19	26	19
20	26	19
21	26	19
22	26	19
23	26	19
24	26	19
25	26	19
26	26	19
27	26	19
28	26	19
29	26	19
30	26	19
31	26	19

Cazombo weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 19°	128	19.8	12.5	4.9
Feb	27° / 19°	118	16.3	12.3	5.0
Mar	27° / 19°	210	23.1	12.1	4.3
Apr	28° / 19°	253	25	11.8	4.0
May	28° / 18°	59	9.1	11.6	6.1
Jun	29° / 16°	3	0.5	11.5	7.6
Jul	28° / 15°	1	0.2	11.5	7.9
Aug	27° / 16°	10	2.5	11.7	7.8
Sep	27° / 17°	64	16.7	11.9	5.5
Oct	27° / 18°	182	26.6	12.2	3.9
Nov	26° / 19°	266	25.9	12.4	3.9
Dec	26° / 19°	189	23.7	12.5	4.4

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	22	21	20	20	18	18	17	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6
Cloudier (%)	78	79	80	80	82	82	83	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	88	88	89	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Cazombo gets around 182 mm of rain over 26.6 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 86% and peaks near 93% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	76	77	77	78	79	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	86	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	93	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	78
5	79
6	79
7	80
8	81
9	82
10	83
11	84
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	87
16	88
17	88
18	89
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	93
29	93
30	93
31	93

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 55% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Comfortable (%)	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Humid (%)	79	76	74	71	69	66	64	61	58	55	53	51	48	46	44	42	39	37	35	32	30	28	27	25	23	21	20	18	17	16	15
Muggy (%)	18	21	23	26	29	32	34	37	40	43	45	48	51	53	55	57	60	62	64	67	69	71	72	73	75	77	78	80	81	82	83

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	79	18
2	3	76	21
3	3	74	23
4	3	71	26
5	2	69	29
6	2	66	32
7	2	64	34
8	2	61	37
9	2	58	40
10	2	55	43
11	2	53	45
12	1	51	48
13	1	48	51
14	1	46	53
15	1	44	55
16	1	42	57
17	1	39	60
18	1	37	62
19	1	35	64
20	1	32	67
21	1	30	69
22	1	28	71
23	1	27	72
24	2	25	73
25	2	23	75
26	2	21	77
27	2	20	78
28	2	18	80
29	2	17	81
30	2	16	82
31	2	15	83

Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	6	calm
2	6	calm
3	6	calm
4	6	calm
5	6	calm
6	6	calm
7	6	calm
8	6	calm
9	6	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm
29	5	calm
30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:33 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:51 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:33
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:45	5:50
2	12.1	5:45	5:50
3	12.1	5:44	5:50
4	12.1	5:44	5:50
5	12.1	5:43	5:50
6	12.1	5:42	5:49
7	12.1	5:42	5:49
8	12.1	5:41	5:49
9	12.1	5:41	5:49
10	12.1	5:40	5:49
11	12.2	5:40	5:49
12	12.2	5:39	5:49
13	12.2	5:39	5:49
14	12.2	5:39	5:49
15	12.2	5:38	5:49
16	12.2	5:38	5:49
17	12.2	5:37	5:49
18	12.2	5:37	5:50
19	12.2	5:36	5:50
20	12.2	5:36	5:50
21	12.2	5:36	5:50
22	12.2	5:35	5:50
23	12.2	5:35	5:50
24	12.3	5:35	5:50
25	12.3	5:34	5:50
26	12.3	5:34	5:50
27	12.3	5:34	5:51
28	12.3	5:34	5:51
29	12.3	5:33	5:51
30	12.3	5:33	5:51
31	12.3	5:33	5:51

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.77 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.77 kWh/m² to a high of 5.56 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 4.77 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
14	4.8	Bright
15	4.8	Bright
16	4.8	Bright
17	4.8	Bright
18	4.8	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.7	Bright
26	4.7	Bright
27	4.7	Bright
28	4.7	Bright
29	4.7	Bright
30	4.7	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Cazombo

In seasonPeak

In October, Cazombo sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Cazombo's rainy season runs October–January, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Cazombo?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.9

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.9

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Cazombo.

What to pack for Cazombo in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Cazombo sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

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UV index in Cazombo in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cazombo peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 7 (high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	15	15	14	10	9	8	7	10	13	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Cazombo in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Cazombo is worst in June — around 123 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.3× the cleanest month (December, 17 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	17	19	19	18	35	123	106	45	49	29	17	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	17	Moderate
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	35	Moderate
Jun	123	Unhealthy
Jul	106	Unhealthy
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	49	Poor
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	17	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Cazombo?

Cazombo sits at 8.7°S, 15.4°E, 997 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Nzagi, 39 km away.

Topography around Cazombo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cazombo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 273 m around an average of 946 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 760 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,204 m.

The land around Cazombo is covered by grassland (53%) and trees (30%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and trees (35%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and trees (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

273 m

grassland 53%

16 km

760 m

grassland 58%

80 km

1,204 m

grassland 58%

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← September Cazombo year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Nzagi 39 km · Camabatela 60 km · Lucala 62 km · Bula Atumba 63 km · Golungo Alto 80 km · N'dalatando 81 km · Cacuso 87 km · Pango Aluquém 100 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

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 Cazombo (-8.732°, 15.3712°, elevation 997 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	26	19
18	26	19
19	26	19
20	26	19
21	26	19
22	26	19
23	26	19
24	26	19
25	26	19
26	26	19
27	26	19
28	26	19
29	26	19
30	26	19
31	26	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	78
5	79
6	79
7	80
8	81
9	82
10	83
11	84
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	87
16	88
17	88
18	89
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	93
29	93
30	93
31	93

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	79	18
2	3	76	21
3	3	74	23
4	3	71	26
5	2	69	29
6	2	66	32
7	2	64	34
8	2	61	37
9	2	58	40
10	2	55	43
11	2	53	45
12	1	51	48
13	1	48	51
14	1	46	53
15	1	44	55
16	1	42	57
17	1	39	60
18	1	37	62
19	1	35	64
20	1	32	67
21	1	30	69
22	1	28	71
23	1	27	72
24	2	25	73
25	2	23	75
26	2	21	77
27	2	20	78
28	2	18	80
29	2	17	81
30	2	16	82
31	2	15	83

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	26	19
18	26	19
19	26	19
20	26	19
21	26	19
22	26	19
23	26	19
24	26	19
25	26	19
26	26	19
27	26	19
28	26	19
29	26	19
30	26	19
31	26	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	78
5	79
6	79
7	80
8	81
9	82
10	83
11	84
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	87
16	88
17	88
18	89
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	93
29	93
30	93
31	93

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	79	18
2	3	76	21
3	3	74	23
4	3	71	26
5	2	69	29
6	2	66	32
7	2	64	34
8	2	61	37
9	2	58	40
10	2	55	43
11	2	53	45
12	1	51	48
13	1	48	51
14	1	46	53
15	1	44	55
16	1	42	57
17	1	39	60
18	1	37	62
19	1	35	64
20	1	32	67
21	1	30	69
22	1	28	71
23	1	27	72
24	2	25	73
25	2	23	75
26	2	21	77
27	2	20	78
28	2	18	80
29	2	17	81
30	2	16	82
31	2	15	83

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	18
5	27	18
6	27	18
7	27	18
8	27	18
9	27	18
10	27	18
11	27	18
12	27	18
13	27	18
14	27	18
15	27	18
16	27	18
17	26	19
18	26	19
19	26	19
20	26	19
21	26	19
22	26	19
23	26	19
24	26	19
25	26	19
26	26	19
27	26	19
28	26	19
29	26	19
30	26	19
31	26	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	17	83
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	77
3	77
4	78
5	79
6	79
7	80
8	81
9	82
10	83
11	84
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	87
16	88
17	88
18	89
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	91
23	91
24	91
25	92
26	92
27	92
28	93
29	93
30	93
31	93

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	3	79	18
2	3	76	21
3	3	74	23
4	3	71	26
5	2	69	29
6	2	66	32
7	2	64	34
8	2	61	37
9	2	58	40
10	2	55	43
11	2	53	45
12	1	51	48
13	1	48	51
14	1	46	53
15	1	44	55
16	1	42	57
17	1	39	60
18	1	37	62
19	1	35	64
20	1	32	67
21	1	30	69
22	1	28	71
23	1	27	72
24	2	25	73
25	2	23	75
26	2	21	77
27	2	20	78
28	2	18	80
29	2	17	81
30	2	16	82
31	2	15	83