Maquela do Zombo weather in September

In September, Maquela do Zombo sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 30 mm of rain across 8.3 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 9th-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 7% of the time in September, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Maquela do Zombo's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Maquela do Zombo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 7th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 30 mm; 8.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:55 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover: 70%; 5th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.4; out of 10

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical September day in Maquela do Zombo reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and on par with October.

	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
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	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	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	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	20
29	28	20
30	28	20

Maquela do Zombo weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 7th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 20°	139	22.6	12.3	4.3
Feb	28° / 20°	110	17.5	12.2	4.4
Mar	29° / 20°	163	22.1	12	3.9
Apr	29° / 20°	216	25.6	11.9	3.4
May	28° / 20°	105	17.9	11.7	5.1
Jun	27° / 18°	8	2.1	11.7	7.8
Jul	27° / 17°	1	0.3	11.7	8.2
Aug	27° / 18°	8	2.4	11.8	7.5
Sep	28° / 19°	30	8.3	12	6.4
Oct	28° / 20°	138	21.2	12.1	4.6
Nov	27° / 20°	209	25.4	12.3	3.9
Dec	27° / 20°	186	26.4	12.3	3.9

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

	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
Clearer (%)	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	31	31	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	27	26
Cloudier (%)	66	66	66	67	67	67	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	73	74

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	27	73
30	26	74

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Maquela do Zombo gets around 30 mm of rain over 8.3 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 28% and peaks near 40% 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
Rain chance (%)	15	15	16	17	18	19	20	22	23	25	26	27	29	30	30	31	32	32	32	33	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	38	39	40

	Rain chance (%)
1	15
2	15
3	16
4	17
5	18
6	19
7	20
8	22
9	23
10	25
11	26
12	27
13	29
14	30
15	30
16	31
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	34
24	34
25	35
26	35
27	36
28	38
29	39
30	40

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the humid band about 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 29% 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
Comfortable (%)	9	8	7	6	6	5	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Humid (%)	84	85	85	86	85	85	85	83	83	81	79	78	75	73	71	69	67	64	62	60	59	57	55	54	53	52	51	49	47	45
Muggy (%)	7	7	8	8	9	10	11	13	14	16	18	20	23	25	27	30	32	35	37	39	40	42	44	45	46	48	49	51	53	55

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	84	7
2	8	85	7
3	7	85	8
4	6	86	8
5	6	85	9
6	5	85	10
7	4	85	11
8	4	83	13
9	3	83	14
10	3	81	16
11	3	79	18
12	2	78	20
13	2	75	23
14	2	73	25
15	2	71	27
16	1	69	30
17	1	67	32
18	1	64	35
19	1	62	37
20	1	60	39
21	1	59	40
22	1	57	42
23	1	55	44
24	1	54	45
25	1	53	46
26	0	52	48
27	0	51	49
28	0	49	51
29	0	47	53
30	0	45	55

Wind in September

Winds average 9 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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
Wind speed (km/h)	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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

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

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 6:03 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 5:50 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
Daylight (h)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	6:03	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47
Sunset (PM)	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:03	5:56
2	11.9	6:02	5:56
3	11.9	6:02	5:55
4	11.9	6:01	5:55
5	11.9	6:01	5:55
6	11.9	6:00	5:55
7	11.9	6:00	5:55
8	11.9	5:59	5:54
9	11.9	5:59	5:54
10	11.9	5:58	5:54
11	11.9	5:58	5:54
12	11.9	5:57	5:54
13	12.0	5:56	5:54
14	12.0	5:56	5:53
15	12.0	5:55	5:53
16	12.0	5:55	5:53
17	12.0	5:54	5:53
18	12.0	5:54	5:52
19	12.0	5:53	5:52
20	12.0	5:53	5:52
21	12.0	5:52	5:52
22	12.0	5:52	5:52
23	12.0	5:51	5:52
24	12.0	5:51	5:51
25	12.0	5:50	5:51
26	12.0	5:50	5:51
27	12.0	5:49	5:51
28	12.0	5:48	5:51
29	12.0	5:48	5:50
30	12.0	5:47	5:50

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 4.95 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.49 kWh/m² in March across the year — September's 4.95 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	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
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

	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	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Maquela do Zombo

In seasonPeak

None of Maquela do Zombo's seasonal hazards are active in September. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Maquela do Zombo's rainy season runs October–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Dec

Is September a good time to visit Maquela do Zombo?

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

6.4

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

6.7

Beach & pool

4th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Maquela do Zombo for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Maquela do Zombo in September

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

In September, Maquela do Zombo sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

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UV index in Maquela do Zombo in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Maquela do Zombo peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 10 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	14	16	14	9	8	7	7	10	13	12	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	7	High
Aug	7	High
Sep	10	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Maquela do Zombo in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Maquela do Zombo is worst in July — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.0× the cleanest month (November, 10 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)	14	16	15	13	30	65	72	57	48	17	10	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	16	Moderate
Mar	15	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	65	Unhealthy
Jul	72	Unhealthy
Aug	57	Unhealthy
Sep	48	Poor
Oct	17	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	12	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Maquela do Zombo?

Maquela do Zombo sits at 6.1°S, 15.1°E, 904 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Cuímba, 55 km away.

Topography around Maquela do Zombo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Maquela do Zombo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 101 m around an average of 883 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 324 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 805 m.

The land around Maquela do Zombo is covered by grassland (73%) within 3 km, grassland (82%) within 16 km, and grassland (63%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km

101 m

grassland 73%

16 km

324 m

grassland 82%

80 km

805 m

grassland 63%

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← August Maquela do Zombo year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Cuímba 55 km · Mbanza-Ngungu 93 km · Kimpese 93 km · Mbanza Kongo 99 km · Inkisi 103 km · Songo 147 km · Kenge 164 km · Kasangulu 164 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 Maquela do Zombo (-6.0572°, 15.1097°, elevation 904 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	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	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	20
29	28	20
30	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	27	73
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	15
2	15
3	16
4	17
5	18
6	19
7	20
8	22
9	23
10	25
11	26
12	27
13	29
14	30
15	30
16	31
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	34
24	34
25	35
26	35
27	36
28	38
29	39
30	40

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	84	7
2	8	85	7
3	7	85	8
4	6	86	8
5	6	85	9
6	5	85	10
7	4	85	11
8	4	83	13
9	3	83	14
10	3	81	16
11	3	79	18
12	2	78	20
13	2	75	23
14	2	73	25
15	2	71	27
16	1	69	30
17	1	67	32
18	1	64	35
19	1	62	37
20	1	60	39
21	1	59	40
22	1	57	42
23	1	55	44
24	1	54	45
25	1	53	46
26	0	52	48
27	0	51	49
28	0	49	51
29	0	47	53
30	0	45	55

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	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	20
29	28	20
30	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	27	73
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	15
2	15
3	16
4	17
5	18
6	19
7	20
8	22
9	23
10	25
11	26
12	27
13	29
14	30
15	30
16	31
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	34
24	34
25	35
26	35
27	36
28	38
29	39
30	40

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	84	7
2	8	85	7
3	7	85	8
4	6	86	8
5	6	85	9
6	5	85	10
7	4	85	11
8	4	83	13
9	3	83	14
10	3	81	16
11	3	79	18
12	2	78	20
13	2	75	23
14	2	73	25
15	2	71	27
16	1	69	30
17	1	67	32
18	1	64	35
19	1	62	37
20	1	60	39
21	1	59	40
22	1	57	42
23	1	55	44
24	1	54	45
25	1	53	46
26	0	52	48
27	0	51	49
28	0	49	51
29	0	47	53
30	0	45	55

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	18
2	27	18
3	27	18
4	27	19
5	27	19
6	27	19
7	27	19
8	27	19
9	27	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	20
29	28	20
30	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	34	66
3	34	66
4	33	67
5	33	67
6	33	67
7	32	68
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	31	69
18	31	69
19	30	70
20	30	70
21	29	71
22	29	71
23	29	71
24	29	71
25	29	71
26	29	71
27	28	72
28	28	72
29	27	73
30	26	74

	Rain chance (%)
1	15
2	15
3	16
4	17
5	18
6	19
7	20
8	22
9	23
10	25
11	26
12	27
13	29
14	30
15	30
16	31
17	32
18	32
19	32
20	33
21	33
22	33
23	34
24	34
25	35
26	35
27	36
28	38
29	39
30	40

	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	9	84	7
2	8	85	7
3	7	85	8
4	6	86	8
5	6	85	9
6	5	85	10
7	4	85	11
8	4	83	13
9	3	83	14
10	3	81	16
11	3	79	18
12	2	78	20
13	2	75	23
14	2	73	25
15	2	71	27
16	1	69	30
17	1	67	32
18	1	64	35
19	1	62	37
20	1	60	39
21	1	59	40
22	1	57	42
23	1	55	44
24	1	54	45
25	1	53	46
26	0	52	48
27	0	51	49
28	0	49	51
29	0	47	53
30	0	45	55