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CityCompass
Best time to be here: June to August. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days 27 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 30 °C in the afternoons
150 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
130 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 30 °C in the afternoons
133 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
118 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 27 °C
Feels like 31 °C in the afternoons
146 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
167 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 27 °C
Feels like 31 °C in the afternoons
143 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
176 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 29 °C in the afternoons
162 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
127 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 24 °C
164 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
44 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 23 °C
154 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
22 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 24 °C
153 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
20 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 24 °C
152 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
41 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 25 °C
146 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
114 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 25 °C
131 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
158 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 29 °C in the afternoons
146 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
134 mm rain · 84% humidity
Living in São Tomé means living under Sao Tome and Principe's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Sao Tome and Principe actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Investment Code and Tax Benefits Code (CIRC reduced rate framework), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
CityCompass
Best time to be here: June to August. Every month below carries its climate normals and a comfort score you can tune to your own tolerances.
Days 27 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 30 °C in the afternoons
150 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
130 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 30 °C in the afternoons
133 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
118 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 27 °C
Feels like 31 °C in the afternoons
146 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
167 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 27 °C
Feels like 31 °C in the afternoons
143 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
176 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 27 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 29 °C in the afternoons
162 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
127 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 24 °C
164 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
44 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 24 °C, nights 23 °C
154 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
22 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 24 °C
153 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
20 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 25 °C, nights 24 °C
152 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
41 mm rain · 82% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 25 °C
146 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
114 mm rain · 83% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 25 °C
131 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
158 mm rain · 85% humidity
Days 26 °C, nights 26 °C
Feels like 29 °C in the afternoons
146 h sunshine · 12.0 h daylight
134 mm rain · 84% humidity
Living in São Tomé means living under Sao Tome and Principe's tax and legal system. The essentials, from our country research:
Would Sao Tome and Principe actually work for your taxes?
It runs regimes like Investment Code and Tax Benefits Code (CIRC reduced rate framework), and whether they fit depends on your income, assets and citizenship, not on averages.
Each month scores 0 to 10 from four weighted components: temperature (35%), sunshine (25%), humidity (20%) and rain (20%), with an extra penalty when heat and humidity combine. Personal tolerances reshape the score: your heat limit compares to how afternoons feel (heat index), your cold limit to typical nights. Data: NASA POWER climatology 2001-2020 with elevation corrections, daylight computed from latitude.
City data: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0) · Climate normals: NASA POWER (2001-2020) · Live weather: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)