Sanza Pombo weather in October

In October, Sanza Pombo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 166 mm of rain across 26.5 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Sanza Pombo's 6th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sanza Pombo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 10th coldest
Rainfall: 166 mm; 26.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:36 AM – 5:46 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 6th clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.93 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

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Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical October day in Sanza Pombo reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C cooler than September and about 1°C warmer than November.

	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	31
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	19
2	29	19
3	29	19
4	29	19
5	29	19
6	29	19
7	29	19
8	29	19
9	29	19
10	29	19
11	29	19
12	29	19
13	29	19
14	29	19
15	29	19
16	29	19
17	29	19
18	29	19
19	29	19
20	29	19
21	29	19
22	29	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

Sanza Pombo weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 8th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 19°	155	24.4	12.4	3.9
Feb	29° / 19°	122	19.7	12.2	3.8
Mar	29° / 19°	158	22.6	12	3.7
Apr	28° / 19°	149	22	11.8	4.0
May	30° / 19°	37	7.7	11.7	5.6
Jun	30° / 17°	4	0.9	11.6	6.4
Jul	30° / 17°	0	0	11.6	6.3
Aug	31° / 18°	11	2.8	11.8	5.6
Sep	30° / 19°	81	17.1	12	4.1
Oct	29° / 19°	166	26.5	12.2	3.5
Nov	28° / 19°	195	26.5	12.3	3.7
Dec	28° / 19°	195	26.5	12.4	3.8

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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	31
Clearer (%)	41	39	38	37	36	34	34	32	32	30	29	29	28	27	26	26	26	24	24	23	22	21	21	21	19	19	18	18	17	17	16
Cloudier (%)	59	61	62	63	64	66	66	68	68	70	71	71	72	73	74	74	74	76	76	77	78	79	79	79	81	81	82	82	83	83	84

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	30	70
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	16	84

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Sanza Pombo gets around 166 mm of rain over 26.5 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 85% and peaks near 88% 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	31
Rain chance (%)	80	80	81	82	82	83	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	80
3	81
4	82
5	82
6	83
7	84
8	84
9	85
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	85
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 84% 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	31
Humid (%)	39	37	34	32	30	27	25	23	21	19	18	16	15	14	13	12	11	10	10	9	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6
Muggy (%)	61	63	66	68	70	73	75	77	79	81	82	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	90	91	92	92	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	39	61
2	37	63
3	34	66
4	32	68
5	30	70
6	27	73
7	25	75
8	23	77
9	21	79
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	16	84
13	15	85
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	9	91
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 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	31
Wind speed (km/h)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
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30	6	calm
31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:43 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 5:47 PM to 5:47 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	31
Daylight (h)	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32
Sunset (PM)	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.1	5:43	5:47
2	12.1	5:43	5:47
3	12.1	5:42	5:47
4	12.1	5:42	5:47
5	12.1	5:41	5:46
6	12.1	5:41	5:46
7	12.1	5:40	5:46
8	12.1	5:40	5:46
9	12.1	5:39	5:46
10	12.1	5:39	5:46
11	12.1	5:38	5:46
12	12.1	5:38	5:46
13	12.1	5:37	5:46
14	12.2	5:37	5:46
15	12.2	5:36	5:46
16	12.2	5:36	5:46
17	12.2	5:36	5:46
18	12.2	5:35	5:46
19	12.2	5:35	5:46
20	12.2	5:35	5:46
21	12.2	5:34	5:46
22	12.2	5:34	5:46
23	12.2	5:34	5:46
24	12.2	5:33	5:46
25	12.2	5:33	5:46
26	12.2	5:33	5:47
27	12.2	5:33	5:47
28	12.2	5:32	5:47
29	12.2	5:32	5:47
30	12.3	5:32	5:47
31	12.3	5:32	5:47

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.93 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.17 kWh/m² to a high of 5.94 kWh/m² in September across the year — October's 5.93 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	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	6.0	Intense
2	6.0	Intense
3	6.0	Intense
4	6.0	Intense
5	6.0	Intense
6	6.0	Intense
7	6.0	Intense
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.0	Bright
11	6.0	Bright
12	6.0	Bright
13	6.0	Bright
14	6.0	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	5.9	Bright
21	5.9	Bright
22	5.9	Bright
23	5.8	Bright
24	5.8	Bright
25	5.8	Bright
26	5.8	Bright
27	5.8	Bright
28	5.8	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Sanza Pombo

In seasonPeak

In October, Sanza Pombo sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Sanza Pombo's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Is October a good time to visit Sanza Pombo?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Sanza Pombo.

What to pack for Sanza Pombo in October

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

In October, Sanza Pombo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

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UV index in Sanza Pombo in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October 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 Sanza Pombo peaks around March 12 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 at about 7 (very 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	15	15	13	9	9	7	7	10	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	High	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

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

Air quality in Sanza Pombo in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Sanza Pombo is worst in June — around 87 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.9× 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)	12	15	13	13	44	87	85	62	57	16	10	11
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Moderate
Feb	15	Moderate
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	44	Poor
Jun	87	Unhealthy
Jul	85	Unhealthy
Aug	62	Unhealthy
Sep	57	Unhealthy
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	10	Good
Dec	11	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Sanza Pombo?

Sanza Pombo sits at 7.3°S, 16.0°E, 912 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Negage, 94 km away.

Topography around Sanza Pombo

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Sanza Pombo.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sanza Pombo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 184 m around an average of 888 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 363 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 850 m.

The land around Sanza Pombo is covered by trees (40%) and shrubs (39%) within 3 km, trees (69%) and shrubs (20%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

184 m

trees 40%

16 km

363 m

trees 69%

80 km

850 m

trees 62%

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← September Sanza Pombo year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Negage 94 km · Uíge 109 km · Cambundi 115 km · Camabatela 119 km · Songo 128 km · Kasongo-Lunda 129 km · Nzagi 142 km · Maquela do Zombo 171 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 Sanza Pombo (-7.3147°, 16.0024°, elevation 912 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	29	19
2	29	19
3	29	19
4	29	19
5	29	19
6	29	19
7	29	19
8	29	19
9	29	19
10	29	19
11	29	19
12	29	19
13	29	19
14	29	19
15	29	19
16	29	19
17	29	19
18	29	19
19	29	19
20	29	19
21	29	19
22	29	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	30	70
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	80
3	81
4	82
5	82
6	83
7	84
8	84
9	85
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	85
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	39	61
2	37	63
3	34	66
4	32	68
5	30	70
6	27	73
7	25	75
8	23	77
9	21	79
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	16	84
13	15	85
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	9	91
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	19
2	29	19
3	29	19
4	29	19
5	29	19
6	29	19
7	29	19
8	29	19
9	29	19
10	29	19
11	29	19
12	29	19
13	29	19
14	29	19
15	29	19
16	29	19
17	29	19
18	29	19
19	29	19
20	29	19
21	29	19
22	29	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	30	70
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	80
3	81
4	82
5	82
6	83
7	84
8	84
9	85
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	85
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	39	61
2	37	63
3	34	66
4	32	68
5	30	70
6	27	73
7	25	75
8	23	77
9	21	79
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	16	84
13	15	85
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	9	91
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	19
2	29	19
3	29	19
4	29	19
5	29	19
6	29	19
7	29	19
8	29	19
9	29	19
10	29	19
11	29	19
12	29	19
13	29	19
14	29	19
15	29	19
16	29	19
17	29	19
18	29	19
19	29	19
20	29	19
21	29	19
22	29	19
23	29	19
24	29	19
25	28	19
26	28	19
27	28	19
28	28	19
29	28	19
30	28	19
31	28	19

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	41	59
2	39	61
3	38	62
4	37	63
5	36	64
6	34	66
7	34	66
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	30	70
11	29	71
12	29	71
13	28	72
14	27	73
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	26	74
18	24	76
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	21	79
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	18	82
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	16	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	80
3	81
4	82
5	82
6	83
7	84
8	84
9	85
10	85
11	85
12	85
13	85
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	87
24	87
25	87
26	87
27	87
28	88
29	88
30	88
31	88

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	39	61
2	37	63
3	34	66
4	32	68
5	30	70
6	27	73
7	25	75
8	23	77
9	21	79
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	16	84
13	15	85
14	14	86
15	13	87
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	9	91
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	7	93
24	7	93
25	7	93
26	7	93
27	6	94
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94