Malanje weather in February

In February, Malanje sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 85 mm of rain across 13.1 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in February, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Malanje's 8th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malanje's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 11th coldest
Rainfall: 85 mm; 13.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:00 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 8th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 6th windiest
Solar energy: 5.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.1; out of 10

Malanje is city in Angola.

Density: 188/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1885

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical February day in Malanje reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and on par with March.

	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
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

Malanje weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 7th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 18°	83	14.6	12.5	5.5
Feb	28° / 19°	85	13.1	12.3	5.1
Mar	28° / 19°	157	20.8	12.1	4.4
Apr	28° / 19°	132	19.6	11.8	4.7
May	29° / 17°	14	3	11.6	6.7
Jun	29° / 15°	0	0.1	11.5	7.3
Jul	30° / 14°	0	0	11.5	6.9
Aug	30° / 15°	4	1.2	11.7	6.1
Sep	30° / 17°	50	12.5	11.9	4.7
Oct	28° / 18°	161	25.3	12.2	3.8
Nov	27° / 18°	184	24.4	12.4	4.1
Dec	27° / 18°	131	19.2	12.5	4.9

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

	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
Clearer (%)	17	17	17	17	16	16	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	17
Cloudier (%)	83	83	83	83	84	84	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	16	84
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	17	83

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Malanje gets around 85 mm of rain over 13.1 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 47% and peaks near 53% 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
Rain chance (%)	43	44	44	44	45	45	45	45	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	47	47	48	48	49	50	51	51	52	53

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	45
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	45
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	47
20	47
21	48
22	48
23	49
24	50
25	51
26	51
27	52
28	53

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the humid band about 49% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 36% 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
Dry (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Comfortable (%)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	10	10
Humid (%)	51	50	50	50	50	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	49	50	50	50	50	51	51	49	49	48	48	47	46	45	45
Muggy (%)	33	34	34	34	34	34	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	37	37	38	39	40	40	41	42

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	14	51	33
2	2	14	50	34
3	2	14	50	34
4	2	14	50	34
5	2	14	50	34
6	2	14	49	34
7	2	14	49	35
8	2	14	49	35
9	2	14	49	35
10	2	13	49	35
11	2	13	49	35
12	3	13	49	35
13	3	12	49	35
14	3	12	49	36
15	3	11	50	36
16	3	11	50	36
17	3	11	50	36
18	3	11	50	36
19	3	10	51	36
20	3	10	51	36
21	3	10	49	37
22	3	10	49	37
23	3	10	48	38
24	3	11	48	39
25	3	11	47	40
26	3	11	46	40
27	3	10	45	41
28	3	10	45	42

Wind in February

Winds average 8 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
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

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	7	calm
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24	7	calm
25	7	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 5:56 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:14 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
Daylight (h)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02
Sunset (PM)	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:56	6:21
2	12.4	5:56	6:21
3	12.4	5:56	6:20
4	12.4	5:57	6:20
5	12.4	5:57	6:20
6	12.4	5:57	6:20
7	12.4	5:58	6:20
8	12.4	5:58	6:20
9	12.4	5:58	6:20
10	12.4	5:59	6:20
11	12.3	5:59	6:19
12	12.3	5:59	6:19
13	12.3	5:59	6:19
14	12.3	6:00	6:19
15	12.3	6:00	6:19
16	12.3	6:00	6:18
17	12.3	6:00	6:18
18	12.3	6:00	6:18
19	12.3	6:01	6:18
20	12.3	6:01	6:17
21	12.3	6:01	6:17
22	12.3	6:01	6:17
23	12.2	6:01	6:16
24	12.2	6:01	6:16
25	12.2	6:02	6:15
26	12.2	6:02	6:15
27	12.2	6:02	6:15
28	12.2	6:02	6:14

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.16 kWh/m² to a high of 5.87 kWh/m² in September across the year — February's 5.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
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

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.7	Bright
6	5.7	Bright
7	5.7	Bright
8	5.7	Bright
9	5.7	Bright
10	5.7	Bright
11	5.7	Bright
12	5.7	Bright
13	5.7	Bright
14	5.8	Bright
15	5.8	Bright
16	5.8	Bright
17	5.8	Bright
18	5.8	Bright
19	5.8	Bright
20	5.8	Bright
21	5.8	Bright
22	5.7	Bright
23	5.7	Bright
24	5.7	Bright
25	5.7	Bright
26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Malanje

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is February a good time to visit Malanje?

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

5.1

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

5.8

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

February is a reasonable time to visit Malanje for sightseeing.

What to pack for Malanje in February

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

In February, Malanje sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 13 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Malanje in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Malanje peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 at about 8 (very 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)	16	15	16	14	10	9	9	8	11	13	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Malanje in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Malanje is worst in July — around 153 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 17.2× the cleanest month (December, 9 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)	10	12	10	9	30	110	153	122	38	16	9	9
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	10	Good
Feb	12	Good
Mar	10	Good
Apr	9	Good
May	30	Moderate
Jun	110	Unhealthy
Jul	153	Very unhealthy
Aug	122	Unhealthy
Sep	38	Poor
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	9	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Malanje?

Malanje sits at 9.5°S, 16.3°E, 1,134 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Cangandala, 29 km away.

Topography around Malanje

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malanje has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 97 m around an average of 1,139 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 311 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 610 m.

The land around Malanje is covered by artificial surfaces (63%) within 3 km, grassland (54%) and cropland (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.

3 km

97 m

artificial surfaces 63%

16 km

311 m

grassland 54%

80 km

610 m

grassland 43%

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← January Malanje year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February weather nearby: Cangandala 29 km · Bailundo 38 km · Cacuso 67 km · Kunda dya Baze 105 km · Mussende 114 km · Santa Clara 123 km · Lucala 123 km · Cazombo 139 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 Malanje (-9.5402°, 16.341°, elevation 1,134 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	28	18
2	28	18
3	28	18
4	28	18
5	28	18
6	28	19
7	28	19
8	28	19
9	28	19
10	28	19
11	28	19
12	28	19
13	28	19
14	28	19
15	28	19
16	28	19
17	28	19
18	28	19
19	28	19
20	28	19
21	28	19
22	28	19
23	28	19
24	28	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	16	84
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	45
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	45
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	47
20	47
21	48
22	48
23	49
24	50
25	51
26	51
27	52
28	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	14	51	33
2	2	14	50	34
3	2	14	50	34
4	2	14	50	34
5	2	14	50	34
6	2	14	49	34
7	2	14	49	35
8	2	14	49	35
9	2	14	49	35
10	2	13	49	35
11	2	13	49	35
12	3	13	49	35
13	3	12	49	35
14	3	12	49	36
15	3	11	50	36
16	3	11	50	36
17	3	11	50	36
18	3	11	50	36
19	3	10	51	36
20	3	10	51	36
21	3	10	49	37
22	3	10	49	37
23	3	10	48	38
24	3	11	48	39
25	3	11	47	40
26	3	11	46	40
27	3	10	45	41
28	3	10	45	42

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	16	84
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	45
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	45
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	47
20	47
21	48
22	48
23	49
24	50
25	51
26	51
27	52
28	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	14	51	33
2	2	14	50	34
3	2	14	50	34
4	2	14	50	34
5	2	14	50	34
6	2	14	49	34
7	2	14	49	35
8	2	14	49	35
9	2	14	49	35
10	2	13	49	35
11	2	13	49	35
12	3	13	49	35
13	3	12	49	35
14	3	12	49	36
15	3	11	50	36
16	3	11	50	36
17	3	11	50	36
18	3	11	50	36
19	3	10	51	36
20	3	10	51	36
21	3	10	49	37
22	3	10	49	37
23	3	10	48	38
24	3	11	48	39
25	3	11	47	40
26	3	11	46	40
27	3	10	45	41
28	3	10	45	42

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	16	84
6	16	84
7	17	83
8	17	83
9	17	83
10	17	83
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	16	84
26	16	84
27	16	84
28	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	43
2	44
3	44
4	44
5	45
6	45
7	45
8	45
9	45
10	46
11	46
12	46
13	46
14	46
15	46
16	46
17	46
18	46
19	47
20	47
21	48
22	48
23	49
24	50
25	51
26	51
27	52
28	53

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	2	14	51	33
2	2	14	50	34
3	2	14	50	34
4	2	14	50	34
5	2	14	50	34
6	2	14	49	34
7	2	14	49	35
8	2	14	49	35
9	2	14	49	35
10	2	13	49	35
11	2	13	49	35
12	3	13	49	35
13	3	12	49	35
14	3	12	49	36
15	3	11	50	36
16	3	11	50	36
17	3	11	50	36
18	3	11	50	36
19	3	10	51	36
20	3	10	51	36
21	3	10	49	37
22	3	10	49	37
23	3	10	48	38
24	3	11	48	39
25	3	11	47	40
26	3	11	46	40
27	3	10	45	41
28	3	10	45	42