Weather in Luanda

On this site the months that score closest to a 22°C day, lighter rain, and moderate humidity are June, July, and August. Luanda is in Angola at 8.8°S. The 2001–2020 NASA POWER daily record describes a Mediterranean pattern: dry summers and wetter winters.

March is the warmest month (average 28.4°C, high 30.5°C) and August is the coolest (average 22.7°C, low 20.0°C). Rain is rainy season runs from March to April, inside an annual total of 324 mm. The wettest month is April at 79 mm; the driest is July at 0 mm.

Best months to visit Luanda

The three months with the highest comfort score are June, July, and August: June (24.5°C average, 1 mm, 80% humidity); July (22.9°C average, 0 mm, 82% humidity); August (22.7°C average, 2 mm, 81% humidity). They fall in calendar order. The score rewards averages near 22°C, lower rainfall, and humidity near 60%. It is a climate score, not a festival or price calendar.

If you want the rainy season itself — fewer crowds, greener landscape, heavier rain — aim at March–April instead of the score.

Temperature through the year

The heat peaks in March, when the typical afternoon is 30.5°C. The opposite pole is August, when mornings average 20.0°C.

Mean high across all twelve months is 28.5°C and mean low is 23.8°C. These are 20-year grid averages, so a city station can read a few degrees warmer or cooler.

Rain through the year

The rainy season in Luanda starts in March and ends in April (March and April). April is the core of it at 79 mm. July is the other extreme, with 0 mm.

A rainy day here is a day with at least 1 mm in the NASA POWER series. April averages 14 such days; July averages 0.

Distinctive months in Luanda

March is when the rainy season typically starts in Luanda: highs near 30.5°C, and rainfall jumps to 68 mm (13 rainy days). By April the rainy season is ending. Luanda still sees about 79 mm, but the next month is usually leaner. In May, Luanda averages 29.6°C by day and 24.3°C at night, with 24 mm of rain.

July is the driest month, averaging only 0 mm across 0 rainy days. Highs sit near 25.8°C. The year bottoms out in August. Plan for 20.0°C at night and 25.3°C in the afternoon.

How Luanda compares inside Angola

Luanda is the only Angola city in this dataset, so the figures on this page are the national sample we publish. They still come from the same NASA POWER daily series (2001–2020) used everywhere else on the site.