N'dalatando weather in January

In January, N'dalatando sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 107 mm of rain across 15.1 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-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 January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is N'dalatando's 9th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see N'dalatando's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
9th warmest
Overnight low
20°
8th coldest
Rainfall
107 mm
15.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:55 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
80%
9th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.49 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
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 January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical January day in N'dalatando reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°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, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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N'dalatando weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 5th-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 January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

N'dalatando gets around 107 mm of rain over 15.1 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 48% and peaks near 54% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 81% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11176814
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41167013
51167013
61157113
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 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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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:47 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:476:20
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312.55:496:20
412.55:496:21
512.55:506:21
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712.55:516:22
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1312.55:546:24
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1812.55:566:25
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2012.55:576:25
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2212.55:586:25
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.49 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 — January's 5.49 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for N'dalatando

In seasonPeak

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

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 January a good time to visit N'dalatando?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for N'dalatando in January

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

In January, N'dalatando sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in N'dalatando in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January 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 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 January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January 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
January 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).