Climate
Huambo features a subtropical highland climate, with a wet season from October through April and a dry season between May and September. Despite its location in the tropics, due to its high altitude, Huambo features spring-like temperatures throughout the course of the year, a characteristic common among cities with this climate. The city sees plentiful precipitation during the course of the year, averaging nearly 1500 mm of rain. Temperatures in Huambo are only slightly higher than in city of Pretoria located almost 2000 km further south-east.
| Climate data for Huambo | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 31 (88) |
31 (88) |
30 (86) |
29 (84) |
29 (84) |
28 (82) |
28 (82) |
31 (88) |
32 (90) |
32 (90) |
31 (88) |
31 (88) |
32 (90) |
| Average high °C (°F) | 26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
24 (75) |
25 (77) |
27 (81) |
29 (84) |
27 (81) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
26 (79) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 14 (57) |
14 (57) |
14 (57) |
14 (57) |
11 (52) |
8 (46) |
8 (46) |
11 (52) |
13 (55) |
14 (57) |
14 (57) |
14 (57) |
12 (54) |
| Record low °C (°F) | 9 (48) |
10 (50) |
10 (50) |
7 (45) |
6 (43) |
2 (36) |
2 (36) |
6 (43) |
8 (46) |
11 (52) |
8 (46) |
9 (48) |
2 (36) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 221 (8.7) |
198 (7.8) |
249 (9.8) |
145 (5.71) |
10 (0.39) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
0 (0) |
15 (0.59) |
140 (5.51) |
244 (9.61) |
226 (8.9) |
1,448 (57.01) |
| Source: BBC Weather | |||||||||||||
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