Mossamedes weather in May

In May, Mossamedes sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 92% of the time in May, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Mossamedes's 1st-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mossamedes's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
19°
6th coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:29 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover
9%
1st clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.1
out of 10

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.

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical May day in Mossamedes reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs about 1°C cooler than April and about 3°C warmer than June.

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How May really feels in Mossamedes

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

May sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Mossamedes weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 3rd-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 20°183.412.86.6
Feb29° / 21°253.712.56.0
Mar30° / 22°36612.15.4
Apr31° / 22°142.511.75.8
May30° / 19°0011.37.1
Jun27° / 16°0011.19.0
Jul25° / 15°0011.29.3
Aug23° / 15°0011.59.0
Sep24° / 16°00.111.99.1
Oct26° / 18°20.512.38.7
Nov28° / 19°51.312.77.6
Dec28° / 20°153.312.97.1

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 92% of the time in May, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 3%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1955
2964
3964
4964
5973
6973
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31991

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Mossamedes gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the humid band about 42% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 8% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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232452201
332552191
432553181
542652171
642853150
752952140
853052130
963250120
1073349110
117354890
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149404470
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2412513430
2512523330
2612523330
2713513330
2814513230
2914513230
3015513130
3117503120

Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of May to 11 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:25 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 5:52 PM to 5:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:255:52
211.56:255:52
311.46:255:51
411.46:255:51
511.46:265:51
611.46:265:50
711.46:265:50
811.46:265:49
911.46:275:49
1011.46:275:48
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1211.36:285:48
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1611.36:295:47
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1911.36:305:46
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3111.26:345:44

Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5 kWh/m² to a high of 7.61 kWh/m² in November across the year — May's 5.63 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Bright
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285.3Bright
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in May

Is May a good time to visit Mossamedes?

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

7.1
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
9.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

May is one of the better times to visit Mossamedes for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mossamedes in May

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

In May, Mossamedes sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Mossamedes in May

The nearest coast averages about 23°C in May — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

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.

20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swimcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan24Refreshing
Feb25Warm
Mar26Warm
Apr25Warm
May23Refreshing
Jun21Refreshing
Jul20Cool
Aug19Cool
Sep19Cool
Oct21Refreshing
Nov23Refreshing
Dec23Refreshing

UV index in Mossamedes in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highVery highExtremeJan 18UV 14Jun 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7High
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep9Very high
Oct11Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec13Extreme
Location & terrain

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.

VireiLubangoCamucuioQuipungoCahamaDombe GrandeCaluquembe

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.

3 km
66 m
16 km
313 m
80 km
1,175 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
May weather nearby: Tômbua 75 km · Virei 104 km · Lubango 147 km · Camucuio 168 km · Quipungo 259 km · Cahama 261 km · Dombe Grande 270 km · Caluquembe 287 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 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).