Climate and average weather in Mossamedes
In Mossamedes, the summers are humid, hot, dry, and clear and the winters are warm and mostly clear.
Over the course of the year, the temperature in Mossamedes typically varies from 15°C to 31°C, and is rarely below 13°C or above 35°C. April is the hottest month of the year, while August is the coldest.
Based on the travel score, the best time of year to visit Mossamedes for warm-weather activities is from late May to mid November.
- Hottest
- Apr
- 31°
- Coldest
- Aug
- 15°
- Wettest
- Mar
- 36 mm
- Driest
- Jun
- 0 mm
- Rain / yr
- 116 mm
- 21 wet days
- Daylight
- 11.1–12.9 h
- shortest–longest
- Elevation
- 13 m
- 15.2°S
- Clearest
- May
- 9% cloud
Mossamedes is city in Angola.
- Density
- 28,600/km²
- people per km²
- Founded
- 1840
Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.
Mossamedes 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 May to mid November.
Temperature through the year
Daily average highs and lows in Mossamedes, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.
The hot season lasts 3.5 months, from February 9 to May 24, with daily high temperatures above 29°C. The hottest month of the year in Mossamedes is April, with an average high of 31°C and low of 22°C.
The cool season lasts 2.2 months, from July 17 to September 22, with daily high temperatures below 24°C. The coldest month of the year in Mossamedes is August, with an average low of 15°C and high of 23°C.
Days typically run about 9°C warmer than nights, with the widest day–night swing (around 11°C) in May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg high (°C) | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 28 |
| Avg low (°C) | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Avg high (°C) | Avg low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28 | 20 |
| Feb | 29 | 21 |
| Mar | 30 | 22 |
| Apr | 31 | 22 |
| May | 30 | 19 |
| Jun | 27 | 16 |
| Jul | 25 | 15 |
| Aug | 23 | 15 |
| Sep | 24 | 16 |
| Oct | 26 | 18 |
| Nov | 28 | 19 |
| Dec | 28 | 20 |
How hot and cold Mossamedes really feels
The felt-temperature range through the year — heat index on the day's high (summer humidity), wind chill on the night's low (winter wind). The dashed lines are the plain thermometer; the gap is how much hotter or colder it really feels.
On the hottest afternoons, once humidity is folded in, Mossamedes feels like about 32°C (around April 5). About 21 days a year carry some heat stress, peaking in April.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feels-like high (°C) | 29 | 30 | 32 | 32 | 30 | 27 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 28 |
| Air high (°C) | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 30 | 27 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 26 | 28 | 28 |
| Feels-like low (°C) | 20 | 21 | 22 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Air low (°C) | 20 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 19 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Feels-like high (°C) | Air high (°C) | Feels-like low (°C) | Air low (°C) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29 | 28 | 20 | 20 |
| Feb | 30 | 29 | 21 | 21 |
| Mar | 32 | 30 | 22 | 22 |
| Apr | 32 | 31 | 21 | 22 |
| May | 30 | 30 | 19 | 19 |
| Jun | 27 | 27 | 16 | 16 |
| Jul | 24 | 25 | 15 | 15 |
| Aug | 23 | 23 | 15 | 15 |
| Sep | 24 | 24 | 16 | 16 |
| Oct | 26 | 26 | 18 | 18 |
| Nov | 28 | 28 | 19 | 19 |
| Dec | 28 | 28 | 20 | 20 |
Average hourly temperature in Mossamedes
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 April afternoons, near 31°C, and coldest before dawn in August, near 15°C.
Mossamedes weather by month
Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.
| Month | High / Low (°C) | Rainfall (mm) | Wet days | Daylight (hours) | Travel score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 28° / 20° | 18 | 3.4 | 12.8 | 6.6 |
| Feb | 29° / 21° | 25 | 3.7 | 12.5 | 6.0 |
| Mar | 30° / 22° | 36 | 6 | 12.1 | 5.4 |
| Apr | 31° / 22° | 14 | 2.5 | 11.7 | 5.8 |
| May | 30° / 19° | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 7.1 |
| Jun | 27° / 16° | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 9.0 |
| Jul | 25° / 15° | 0 | 0 | 11.2 | 9.3 |
| Aug | 23° / 15° | 0 | 0 | 11.5 | 9.0 |
| Sep | 24° / 16° | 0 | 0.1 | 11.9 | 9.1 |
| Oct | 26° / 18° | 2 | 0.5 | 12.3 | 8.7 |
| Nov | 28° / 19° | 5 | 1.3 | 12.7 | 7.6 |
| Dec | 28° / 20° | 15 | 3.3 | 12.9 | 7.1 |
Chance of rain
How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.
Mossamedes gets about 116 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is mostly dry, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.
The wetter season lasts 4.7 months, from around Nov 25 to Apr 17, peaking in March at about 20% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around May 4.
March is the wettest month by volume, with 36 mm over about 6 wet days; June is the driest, with 0 mm.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rain on a day (%) | 11 | 14 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Rain days | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Rain on a day (%) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | 3 |
| Feb | 14 | 4 |
| Mar | 19 | 6 |
| Apr | 8 | 3 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 2 | 1 |
| Nov | 5 | 1 |
| Dec | 10 | 3 |
Monthly rainfall
Over a full year, Mossamedes collects about 116 mm of rain across 21 wet days — roughly 10 mm in an average month.
It doesn’t fall evenly. March is the wettest month with 36 mm, while June is the driest at just 0 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 69% of the year’s total.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall (mm) | 18 | 25 | 36 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 15 |
| Rain days | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Rainfall (mm) | Rain days | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 18 | 3 |
| Feb | 25 | 4 |
| Mar | 36 | 6 |
| Apr | 14 | 3 |
| May | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 2 | 1 |
| Nov | 5 | 1 |
| Dec | 15 | 3 |
Clouds and sunshine
How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.
In Mossamedes, 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 9 and lasts for 7.5 months, ending around November 22. The clearest month is June, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 97% of the time on average.
The cloudier part of the year begins around November 23 and lasts for 4.5 months, ending around April 8. The cloudiest month is February, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 57% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearer (%) | 44 | 43 | 47 | 83 | 97 | 97 | 95 | 89 | 88 | 90 | 80 | 58 |
| Cloudier (%) | 56 | 57 | 53 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 20 | 42 |
| Clearer (%) | Cloudier (%) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 44 | 56 |
| Feb | 43 | 57 |
| Mar | 47 | 53 |
| Apr | 83 | 17 |
| May | 97 | 3 |
| Jun | 97 | 3 |
| Jul | 95 | 5 |
| Aug | 89 | 11 |
| Sep | 88 | 12 |
| Oct | 90 | 10 |
| Nov | 80 | 20 |
| Dec | 58 | 42 |
Daylight, sunrise and sunset
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 54 min of light; the shortest, around June 4, only 11 h 06 min — a swing of roughly 1 h 48 min.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 12.8 | 12.5 | 12.1 | 11.7 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.9 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 12.9 |
| Sunrise (AM) | 5:56 | 6:11 | 6:18 | 6:22 | 6:29 | 6:38 | 6:42 | 6:31 | 6:08 | 5:46 | 5:35 | 5:41 |
| Sunset (PM) | 6:45 | 6:41 | 6:24 | 6:01 | 5:47 | 5:45 | 5:52 | 6:00 | 6:03 | 6:07 | 6:18 | 6:34 |
| Daylight (h) | Sunrise (AM) | Sunset (PM) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 12.8 | 5:56 | 6:45 |
| Feb | 12.5 | 6:11 | 6:41 |
| Mar | 12.1 | 6:18 | 6:24 |
| Apr | 11.7 | 6:22 | 6:01 |
| May | 11.3 | 6:29 | 5:47 |
| Jun | 11.1 | 6:38 | 5:45 |
| Jul | 11.2 | 6:42 | 5:52 |
| Aug | 11.5 | 6:31 | 6:00 |
| Sep | 11.9 | 6:08 | 6:03 |
| Oct | 12.3 | 5:46 | 6:07 |
| Nov | 12.7 | 5:35 | 6:18 |
| Dec | 12.9 | 5:41 | 6:34 |
Sunny days
How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.
Mossamedes averages about 19 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 7 and 29 days.
The sunnier stretch runs 7.6 months, from around Apr 7 to Nov 23. The sunniest month is June, with roughly 28 sunny days (brilliant).
The greyest month is January, down near 8 sunny days — about 72% fewer than the June peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunny days | 8 | 7 | 10 | 22 | 29 | 28 | 26 | 21 | 20 | 24 | 20 | 13 |
| Sky | Gloomy | Gloomy | Mixed | Bright | Brilliant | Brilliant | Brilliant | Bright | Bright | Brilliant | Bright | Mixed |
| Sunny days | Sky | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8 | Gloomy |
| Feb | 7 | Gloomy |
| Mar | 10 | Mixed |
| Apr | 22 | Bright |
| May | 29 | Brilliant |
| Jun | 28 | Brilliant |
| Jul | 26 | Brilliant |
| Aug | 21 | Bright |
| Sep | 20 | Bright |
| Oct | 24 | Brilliant |
| Nov | 20 | Bright |
| Dec | 13 | Mixed |
Humidity comfort
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 Mossamedes, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.
The more humid part of the year lasts 6.7 months, from around October 22 to May 13. The muggiest month is March, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 98% of the time.
The most comfortable stretch runs from around May 14 to October 21, and August is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 95% of the time.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dry (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 23 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Comfortable (%) | 13 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 40 | 55 | 69 | 77 | 74 | 50 | 36 | 28 |
| Humid (%) | 58 | 46 | 29 | 39 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 44 | 51 | 52 |
| Muggy (%) | 27 | 39 | 44 | 33 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 18 |
| Oppressive (%) | 3 | 8 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Miserable (%) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dry (%) | Comfortable (%) | Humid (%) | Muggy (%) | Oppressive (%) | Miserable (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 13 | 58 | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| Feb | 0 | 6 | 46 | 39 | 8 | 0 |
| Mar | 0 | 2 | 29 | 44 | 24 | 0 |
| Apr | 1 | 12 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 1 |
| May | 9 | 40 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun | 26 | 55 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul | 23 | 69 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug | 18 | 77 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep | 9 | 74 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct | 3 | 50 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov | 4 | 36 | 51 | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Dec | 1 | 28 | 52 | 18 | 1 | 0 |
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.
Wind in Mossamedes is steady company: average speeds sit near 11 km/h — calm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wind speed (km/h) | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 |
| Feels | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm | calm |
| Wind speed (km/h) | Feels | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 11 | calm |
| Feb | 11 | calm |
| Mar | 11 | calm |
| Apr | 10 | calm |
| May | 10 | calm |
| Jun | 10 | calm |
| Jul | 10 | calm |
| Aug | 10 | calm |
| Sep | 11 | calm |
| Oct | 11 | calm |
| Nov | 12 | calm |
| Dec | 12 | calm |
Best time to visit Mossamedes
To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Mossamedes throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.
Around early November, Mossamedes 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 Mossamedes for general outdoor tourist activities is from late May to mid November, with a peak score in the third week of July.
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).
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Travel score (0–10) | 6.6 | 6.0 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 7.1 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 7.2 |
| Rating | good | good | fair | good | good | ideal | ideal | ideal | ideal | ideal | ideal | good |
| Travel score (0–10) | Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.6 | good |
| Feb | 6.0 | good |
| Mar | 5.4 | fair |
| Apr | 5.8 | good |
| May | 7.1 | good |
| Jun | 9.0 | ideal |
| Jul | 9.3 | ideal |
| Aug | 9.0 | ideal |
| Sep | 9.1 | ideal |
| Oct | 8.7 | ideal |
| Nov | 7.6 | ideal |
| Dec | 7.2 | good |
The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Mossamedes for hot-weather activities run from late March to late July and again from mid September to late February, with a peak score in the last week of May.
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 Mossamedes, by month
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.
For a warm-season trip around April (highs near 31°C), the essentials are light clothes and sun protection. In the cold season around August (highs near 23°C), pack light clothes and sun protection.
In April, Mossamedes sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.
Sea temperature near Mossamedes
Average ocean temperature at the nearest coast, month by month, banded into swim-comfort zones — the other half of the beach question.
The sea offshore is warmest in March at about 26°C and coldest in August near 19°C.
It's comfortable for a long swim from Sep 29 to Jul 6 — about 9.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea temperature (°C) | 24 | 25 | 26 | 25 | 23 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 21 | 23 | 23 |
| Comfort | Refreshing | Warm | Warm | Warm | Refreshing | Refreshing | Cool | Cool | Cool | Refreshing | Refreshing | Refreshing |
| Sea temperature (°C) | Comfort | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 24 | Refreshing |
| Feb | 25 | Warm |
| Mar | 26 | Warm |
| Apr | 25 | Warm |
| May | 23 | Refreshing |
| Jun | 21 | Refreshing |
| Jul | 20 | Cool |
| Aug | 19 | Cool |
| Sep | 19 | Cool |
| Oct | 21 | Refreshing |
| Nov | 23 | Refreshing |
| Dec | 23 | Refreshing |
UV index (midday) in Mossamedes by month
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 Mossamedes peaks around January 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 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) | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 |
| Level | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme | Very high | High | Very high | High | Very high | Extreme | Extreme | Extreme |
| UV index (midday) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 14 | Extreme |
| Feb | 13 | Extreme |
| Mar | 12 | Extreme |
| Apr | 11 | Extreme |
| May | 9 | Very high |
| Jun | 7 | High |
| Jul | 7 | Very high |
| Aug | 7 | High |
| Sep | 9 | Very high |
| Oct | 11 | Extreme |
| Nov | 13 | Extreme |
| Dec | 13 | Extreme |
Average hourly UV index in Mossamedes
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 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 6.5 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8 | 7.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 6 | 6.5 | 7 | 8 | 8.5 | 8.5 |
| UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6 | 5.5 | 4 | 2.5 | 3 | 3 | 4.5 | 5.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| UV ≥ 3 (h/day) | UV ≥ 6 (h/day) | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Feb | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Mar | 8 | 6 |
| Apr | 7.5 | 5.5 |
| May | 6.5 | 4 |
| Jun | 6 | 2.5 |
| Jul | 6 | 3 |
| Aug | 6.5 | 3 |
| Sep | 7 | 4.5 |
| Oct | 8 | 5.5 |
| Nov | 8.5 | 6.5 |
| Dec | 8.5 | 6.5 |
Growing season
Mossamedes is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frost-free chance (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| Frost nights | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frost-free chance (%) | Frost nights | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 100 | 0 |
| Feb | 100 | 0 |
| Mar | 100 | 0 |
| Apr | 100 | 0 |
| May | 100 | 0 |
| Jun | 100 | 0 |
| Jul | 100 | 0 |
| Aug | 100 | 0 |
| Sep | 100 | 0 |
| Oct | 100 | 0 |
| Nov | 100 | 0 |
| Dec | 100 | 0 |
Growing degree days
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. Mossamedes banks about 4,728 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | 445 | 426 | 498 | 485 | 443 | 344 | 299 | 271 | 298 | 375 | 413 | 431 |
| Growing degree days (°C·days) | |
|---|---|
| Jan | 445 |
| Feb | 426 |
| Mar | 498 |
| Apr | 485 |
| May | 443 |
| Jun | 344 |
| Jul | 299 |
| Aug | 271 |
| Sep | 298 |
| Oct | 375 |
| Nov | 413 |
| Dec | 431 |
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.
Mossamedes receives about 6.4 kWh/m² a day of solar energy on average — intense — with a clear seasonal swing between 4.9 and 7.6 kWh/m².
The brighter stretch of the year lasts 6.5 months, from around Sep 16 to Apr 1. The brightest month is November, averaging about 7.6 kWh/m² (intense).
The dimmest month is July, down near 5.0 kWh/m² — roughly 34% less than the November peak.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | 7.2 | 7.0 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.4 |
| Level | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense | Bright | Bright | Bright | Bright | Intense | Intense | Intense | Intense |
| Solar energy (kWh/m²) | Level | |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 7.2 | Intense |
| Feb | 7.0 | Intense |
| Mar | 6.5 | Intense |
| Apr | 6.3 | Intense |
| May | 5.6 | Bright |
| Jun | 5.0 | Bright |
| Jul | 5.0 | Bright |
| Aug | 5.5 | Bright |
| Sep | 6.4 | Intense |
| Oct | 7.2 | Intense |
| Nov | 7.6 | Intense |
| Dec | 7.4 | Intense |
Where is Mossamedes?
Mossamedes sits at 15.2°S, 12.2°E, 13 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Tômbua, 75 km away.
Topography around Mossamedes
How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Mossamedes.
Within 3 km, the terrain around Mossamedes has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 313 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,175 m.
The land around Mossamedes is covered by bare terrain (39%), artificial surfaces (33%) and water (22%) within 3 km, bare terrain (65%) and water (29%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (45%), water (31%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 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 Mossamedes (-15.1961°, 12.1522°, elevation 13 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).