Climate averages 1991–2020
Lucapa weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Lucapa: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 10 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundo (117 km away). In August its highs average 32.9°C, about as warm as Lucapa, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lucapa ranks joint 4th of 47 for the warmest August highs and 42nd of 47 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Lucapa is 4.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 10 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Dundo in AugustAngola · 117 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Chitato in AugustAngola · 124 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Saurimo in AugustAngola · 143 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Tshikapa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 223 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Mwene in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 280 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Cafunfo in AugustAngola · 305 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 19.7°C · 13 mm rain
- Kananga in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 336 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 337 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 24 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.