N'dalatando weather in December

In December, N'dalatando sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 151 mm of rain across 19.5 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 4th-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 3% of the time in December, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of December to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, December is N'dalatando's 11th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see N'dalatando's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
12th warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
151 mm
19.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:40 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover
82%
11th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.17 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

N'dalatando is city.

Density
90/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in December

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical December day in N'dalatando reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, December runs on par with November and on par with January.

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N'dalatando weather by month

How December compares with the rest of the year at a glance. December is the 12th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 20°10715.112.55.1
Feb29° / 20°10413.612.34.6
Mar29° / 21°19421.812.13.9
Apr29° / 21°23924.311.83.6
May29° / 20°376.311.66.0
Jun29° / 17°10.311.57.4
Jul29° / 16°0011.57.8
Aug28° / 17°51.311.78.0
Sep29° / 18°196.211.96.2
Oct28° / 20°7714.112.25.0
Nov28° / 20°20222.712.44.2
Dec27° / 20°15119.512.54.8

Cloud cover in December

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in December.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of December, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21189
31090
41090
51090
6991
7991
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10991
11991
121090
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141090
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311684

Chance of precipitation in December

Any precipitation

N'dalatando gets around 151 mm of rain over 19.5 wet days in December. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 63% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
173
273
373
473
572
671
770
869
968
1067
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1265
1364
1463
1562
1661
1760
1860
1959
2059
2158
2258
2357
2457
2556
2656
2756
2855
2955
3054
3154

Humidity in December

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, December lands in the muggy band about 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 86% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in December

Winds average 5 km/h in December.

Across December, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in December

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over December. Sunrise moves from 5:35 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:356:05
212.55:356:06
312.55:366:06
412.55:366:07
512.55:366:07
612.55:366:08
712.55:376:08
812.55:376:09
912.55:386:09
1012.55:386:10
1112.55:386:10
1212.55:396:11
1312.55:396:11
1412.55:396:12
1512.55:406:12
1612.55:406:13
1712.55:416:13
1812.55:416:14
1912.55:426:14
2012.55:426:15
2112.55:436:15
2212.55:436:16
2312.55:446:16
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2612.55:456:17
2712.55:456:18
2812.55:466:18
2912.55:466:19
3012.55:476:19
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Solar energy in December

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in December, about 5.17 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.55 kWh/m² to a high of 5.71 kWh/m² in February across the year — December's 5.17 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in December

Hazard calendar for N'dalatando

In seasonPeak

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

N'dalatando's rainy season runs March–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is December a good time to visit N'dalatando?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

December is a reasonable time to visit N'dalatando for sightseeing.

What to pack for N'dalatando in December

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

In December, N'dalatando sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in N'dalatando in December

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in December 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 N'dalatando peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 15 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highVery highExtremeMar 12UV 15Aug 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep9Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in N'dalatando in December

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in N'dalatando 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).

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyPoorModerateJun 21120 µg/m³Dec 1517 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan17Moderate
Feb19Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May35Moderate
Jun123Unhealthy
Jul106Unhealthy
Aug45Poor
Sep49Poor
Oct29Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is N'dalatando?

N'dalatando sits at 9.3°S, 14.9°E, 795 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Golungo Alto, 24 km away.

Cacuso

Topography around N'dalatando

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around N'dalatando has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 301 m around an average of 809 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 971 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,527 m.

The land around N'dalatando is covered by grassland (28%), artificial surfaces (28%) and trees (25%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%) and trees (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
301 m
16 km
971 m
80 km
1,527 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
December weather nearby: Golungo Alto 24 km · Lucala 37 km · Dondo 68 km · Bula Atumba 70 km · Calulo 78 km · Cazombo 81 km · Pango Aluquém 82 km · Cacuso 93 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 N'dalatando (-9.2978°, 14.9116°, elevation 795 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).