Xangongo weather in May

In May, Xangongo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 16°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.2 wet days and about 11.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% of the time in May, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 24 min at the start of May to 11 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, May is Xangongo's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Xangongo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
9th warmest
Overnight low
16°
4th coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 12 min
6:20 AM – 5:33 PM
Cloud cover
15%
4th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5.54 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Xangongo is city in Angola.

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

Temperature in May

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical May day in Xangongo reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 16°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, May runs on par with April and about 2°C warmer than June.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How May really feels in Xangongo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, May 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Xangongo weather by month

How May compares with the rest of the year at a glance. May is the 9th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 20°12112.712.94.2
Feb30° / 19°13814.312.64.4
Mar29° / 19°12316.312.14.7
Apr30° / 18°315.711.65.9
May29° / 16°10.211.27.2
Jun27° / 13°00118.9
Jul28° / 12°0011.18.8
Aug31° / 14°0011.46.5
Sep34° / 18°20.411.94.3
Oct35° / 20°183.712.43.2
Nov33° / 20°549.112.83.5
Dec32° / 20°10711.8133.9

Cloud cover in May

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 85% of the time in May.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of May, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 6%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
19010
29010
3919
4919
5928
6928
7937
8937
9937
10946
11946
12946
13946
14946
15946
16946
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18955
19955
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26964
27973
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31973

Chance of precipitation in May

Any precipitation

Xangongo gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.2 wet days in May. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in May

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, May lands in the dry band about 95% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1811171
2831160
3851050
487940
588840
689830
791720
892620
992620
1094510
1195410
1295410
1397300
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Wind in May

Winds average 10 km/h in May.

Across May, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in May

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 24 min at the start of May to 11 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over May. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:30 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.46:155:39
211.46:155:39
311.46:165:38
411.46:165:38
511.46:165:37
611.36:175:37
711.36:175:36
811.36:175:36
911.36:175:36
1011.36:185:35
1111.36:185:35
1211.36:185:34
1311.36:195:34
1411.26:195:34
1511.26:195:33
1611.26:205:33
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1811.26:205:32
1911.26:215:32
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2211.26:225:31
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2411.16:235:31
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2711.16:245:30
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3011.16:255:30
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Solar energy in May

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in May, about 5.54 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.2 kWh/m² to a high of 7.49 kWh/m² in October across the year — May's 5.54 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.8Bright
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45.7Bright
55.7Bright
65.7Bright
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95.6Bright
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285.4Bright
295.3Bright
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Planning a trip in May

Hazard calendar for Xangongo

In seasonPeak

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

Xangongo's rainy season runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is May a good time to visit Xangongo?

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

7.2
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
9.2
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Xangongo in May

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

In May, Xangongo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 16°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Xangongo in May

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in May peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Xangongo peaks around January 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 18UV 15Jul 13UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov14Extreme
Dec14Extreme

Air quality in Xangongo in May

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Xangongo is worst in September — around 18 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 3.7× the cleanest month (April, 5 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

01020JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodSep 1318 µg/m³Apr 185 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan7Good
Feb7Good
Mar6Good
Apr5Good
May6Good
Jun7Good
Jul10Good
Aug16Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov7Good
Dec6Good
Location & terrain

Where is Xangongo?

Xangongo sits at 16.7°S, 15.0°E, 1,109 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Humbe, 10 km away.

CahamaOndjivaHelao NafidiOshakatiOngwedivaOndangwaOpuwo

Topography around Xangongo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Xangongo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 1,115 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 31 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 175 m.

The land around Xangongo is covered by grassland (39%) and shrubs (30%) within 3 km, shrubs (55%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and shrubs (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
31 m
80 km
175 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
May weather nearby: Humbe 10 km · Cahama 87 km · Ondjiva 88 km · Helao Nafidi 121 km · Oshakati 140 km · Ongwediva 142 km · Ondangwa 168 km · Opuwo 190 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 Xangongo (-16.7444°, 14.9749°, elevation 1,109 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).