Virei weather in August

In August, Virei sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 91% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Virei's 4th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Virei's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 30 min; 6:28 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover: 11%; 4th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 6.02 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.1; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Virei reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 16°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	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)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

How August really feels in Virei

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Virei weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 21°	38	5.5	12.8	3.8
Feb	33° / 21°	55	8.2	12.5	3.6
Mar	33° / 22°	110	14.6	12.1	3.2
Apr	35° / 22°	29	5.6	11.7	3.2
May	35° / 19°	0	0.1	11.3	3.7
Jun	32° / 16°	0	0	11.1	5.3
Jul	32° / 15°	0	0	11.2	5.8
Aug	31° / 15°	0	0	11.5	6.1
Sep	32° / 16°	0	0.1	11.9	5.6
Oct	34° / 19°	6	1.6	12.4	4.1
Nov	34° / 21°	16	3.6	12.7	3.3
Dec	33° / 20°	32	5.5	12.9	3.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 91% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 4%.

	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 (%)	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97
Cloudier (%)	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Virei gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 wet days in August. 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.

	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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	98	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	93	93	93	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	90	90	89	88	87	86	85	84
Comfortable (%)	2	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	7	7	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	11	12	13	14	15	16

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	86	14
30	85	15
31	84	16

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, 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.

	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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	10	calm
4	10	calm
5	10	calm
6	10	calm
7	10	calm
8	10	calm
9	10	calm
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16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 18 min at the start of August to 11 h 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:36 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 5:59 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)	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7
Sunrise (AM)	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.3	6:36	5:53
2	11.3	6:35	5:53
3	11.3	6:35	5:53
4	11.3	6:34	5:54
5	11.3	6:34	5:54
6	11.3	6:33	5:54
7	11.4	6:33	5:54
8	11.4	6:33	5:55
9	11.4	6:32	5:55
10	11.4	6:32	5:55
11	11.4	6:31	5:55
12	11.4	6:31	5:56
13	11.4	6:30	5:56
14	11.4	6:29	5:56
15	11.5	6:29	5:56
16	11.5	6:28	5:56
17	11.5	6:28	5:57
18	11.5	6:27	5:57
19	11.5	6:26	5:57
20	11.5	6:26	5:57
21	11.5	6:25	5:57
22	11.5	6:24	5:57
23	11.6	6:24	5:58
24	11.6	6:23	5:58
25	11.6	6:22	5:58
26	11.6	6:22	5:58
27	11.6	6:21	5:58
28	11.6	6:20	5:58
29	11.6	6:19	5:58
30	11.7	6:19	5:58
31	11.7	6:18	5:59

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.24 kWh/m² to a high of 7.41 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 6.02 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.7	Bright
2	5.7	Bright
3	5.7	Bright
4	5.7	Bright
5	5.8	Bright
6	5.8	Bright
7	5.8	Bright
8	5.8	Bright
9	5.8	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	6.0	Bright
15	6.0	Bright
16	6.0	Intense
17	6.0	Intense
18	6.1	Intense
19	6.1	Intense
20	6.1	Intense
21	6.1	Intense
22	6.2	Intense
23	6.2	Intense
24	6.2	Intense
25	6.3	Intense
26	6.3	Intense
27	6.3	Intense
28	6.3	Intense
29	6.4	Intense
30	6.4	Intense
31	6.4	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Virei?

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

6.1

Sightseeing

1st-best month of the year

9.0

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Virei for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Virei in August

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

In August, Virei sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 15°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Virei in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Virei peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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	14	13	11	9	7	7	8	10	12	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	10	Very high
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Virei in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Virei is worst in September — around 20 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 1.9× the cleanest month (April, 11 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)	14	13	11	11	15	16	19	20	20	20	16	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	13	Moderate
Mar	11	Good
Apr	11	Good
May	15	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	20	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Virei?

Virei sits at 15.7°S, 12.9°E, 444 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Mossamedes, 104 km away.

Topography around Virei

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Virei has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 444 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 536 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,006 m.

The land around Virei is covered by shrubs (81%) within 3 km, shrubs (89%) within 16 km, and shrubs (73%) and bare terrain (22%) within 80 km.

3 km

62 m

shrubs 81%

16 km

536 m

shrubs 89%

80 km

2,006 m

shrubs 73%

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← July Virei year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Mossamedes 104 km · Lubango 107 km · Tômbua 119 km · Cahama 158 km · Camucuio 182 km · Quipungo 198 km · Humbe 234 km · Xangongo 244 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 Virei (-15.727°, 12.9496°, elevation 444 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	31	15
2	31	15
3	31	15
4	31	15
5	31	15
6	31	15
7	31	15
8	31	15
9	31	15
10	31	15
11	31	15
12	31	15
13	31	15
14	31	15
15	31	15
16	31	15
17	31	15
18	31	15
19	31	15
20	31	15
21	31	15
22	31	15
23	31	15
24	31	15
25	31	15
26	31	15
27	31	15
28	31	15
29	31	15
30	31	15
31	31	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	86	14
30	85	15
31	84	16

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	86	14
30	85	15
31	84	16

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	97	3
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	96	4
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	95	5
12	94	6
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	94	6
17	94	6
18	94	6
19	95	5
20	95	5
21	95	5
22	96	4
23	96	4
24	96	4
25	96	4
26	97	3
27	97	3
28	97	3
29	97	3
30	97	3
31	97	3

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	98	2
2	97	3
3	97	3
4	97	3
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	95	5
9	95	5
10	95	5
11	94	6
12	94	6
13	93	7
14	93	7
15	93	7
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	89	11
27	88	12
28	87	13
29	86	14
30	85	15
31	84	16