Climate averages 1991–2020
Lucapa weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Lucapa: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundo (117 km away). In April its highs average 29.3°C, 0.9°C warmer than Lucapa, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lucapa ranks 26th of 47 for the warmest April highs and 35th of 47 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 47 cities is 28.1°C; Lucapa is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 31.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 138 mm to 12 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Lucapa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 208 | 25.8 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 177 | 22.5 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 198 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.4°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 138 | 18.9 | 11.912 h |
| May | 31.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 12 | 2.9 | 11.712 h |
| June | 32.1°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.612 h |
| July | 32.4°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 32.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 10 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.8°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 72 | 13.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 149 | 22.9 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 213 | 26.3 | 12.512 h |
| December | 27.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 229 | 27.3 | 12.613 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Dundo in AprilAngola · 117 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Chitato in AprilAngola · 124 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Saurimo in AprilAngola · 143 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Tshikapa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 223 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 153 mm rain
- Mwene in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 280 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Cafunfo in AprilAngola · 305 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 203 mm rain
- Kananga in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 336 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 337 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 136 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Lucapa) is explained once on the Lucapa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.