Tômbua weather in January

In January, Tômbua sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 13 mm of rain across 2 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in January, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 54 min at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Tômbua's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tômbua's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
9th coldest
Rainfall
13 mm
2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:57 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover
54%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
7.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Tômbua is town in Angola.

Density
3/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 24°C through the month.

A typical January day in Tômbua reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 25°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Tômbua weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 4th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan24° / 21°13212.88.3
Feb25° / 22°152.212.58.2
Mar26° / 22°122.512.18.1
Apr25° / 22°30.711.79.1
May24° / 19°0011.39.6
Jun22° / 17°0011.19.1
Jul20° / 16°0011.28.4
Aug19° / 16°0011.57.8
Sep19° / 16°0011.98.0
Oct21° / 18°00.112.48.7
Nov23° / 19°20.512.79.0
Dec23° / 20°51.312.98.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 34% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15941
25743
35743
45743
55545
65545
75545
85446
95347
105347
115248
125248
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315446

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Tômbua gets around 13 mm of rain over 2 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 6% and peaks near 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
16
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the humid band about 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 45% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1167311
2167311
3166321
4165331
5165331
6164341
7163351
8163351
9162361
10161371
11160381
12060391
13059401
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16055441
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18052471
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22047521
23046531
24045541
25044542
26044542
27044542
28044533
29044533
30044524
31044515

Wind in January

Winds average 15 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 15 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
415light breeze
515light breeze
615light breeze
715light breeze
815light breeze
915light breeze
1015light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 54 min at the start of January to 12 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:48 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:47 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.95:486:44
212.95:496:44
312.95:496:44
412.95:506:45
512.95:506:45
612.95:516:45
712.95:516:45
812.95:526:46
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1112.95:546:46
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1312.95:556:47
1412.95:556:47
1512.95:566:47
1612.85:576:47
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1812.85:586:47
1912.85:586:48
2012.85:596:48
2112.85:596:48
2212.86:006:48
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2512.86:026:48
2612.86:026:48
2712.76:036:48
2812.76:036:48
2912.76:046:47
3012.76:046:47
3112.76:056:47

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 7.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.83 kWh/m² to a high of 7.64 kWh/m² in November across the year — January's 7.32 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
17.4Intense
27.4Intense
37.4Intense
47.3Intense
57.3Intense
67.3Intense
77.3Intense
87.3Intense
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107.3Intense
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297.3Intense
307.3Intense
317.3Intense
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Tômbua?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
6.8
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Tômbua in January

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

In January, Tômbua sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 21°C. Pack sun protection. Worth having: light clothes.

sun protectionlight clothes

Sea temperature near Tômbua in January

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

The sea at the nearest coast (about 20 km away) is warmest in March at about 25°C and coldest in August near 18°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from Oct 11 to Jun 16 — about 8.2 months when the water holds above 20°C.

20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmcomfortable to swimcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan23Refreshing
Feb24Warm
Mar25Warm
Apr24Warm
May22Refreshing
Jun20Refreshing
Jul19Cool
Aug18Cool
Sep19Cool
Oct20Refreshing
Nov22Refreshing
Dec22Refreshing

UV index in Tômbua 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 Tômbua peaks around January 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 17UV 15Jun 21UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7High
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec14Extreme
Location & terrain

Where is Tômbua?

Tômbua sits at 15.8°S, 11.8°E, 11 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Mossamedes, 75 km away.

VireiLubangoCamucuioCahamaQuipungoOpuwoHumbe

Topography around Tômbua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tômbua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 28 m around an average of 5 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 734 m.

The land around Tômbua is covered by bare terrain (53%) and water (37%) within 3 km, bare terrain (58%) and water (41%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (60%) and water (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
28 m
16 km
99 m
80 km
734 m
artificial surfacesbare terrainwater
January weather nearby: Mossamedes 75 km · Virei 119 km · Lubango 202 km · Camucuio 240 km · Cahama 269 km · Quipungo 309 km · Opuwo 329 km · Humbe 341 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 Tômbua (-15.8039°, 11.8448°, elevation 11 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).