Climate averages 1991–2020
Lucapa weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Lucapa: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 18.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 229 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 36 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundo (117 km away). In December its highs average 27.9°C, 0.8°C warmer than Lucapa, with 212 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lucapa ranks joint 28th of 47 for the warmest December highs and joint 38th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Lucapa is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 229 mm to 208 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Dundo in DecemberAngola · 117 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 212 mm rain
- Chitato in DecemberAngola · 124 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.8°C · 212 mm rain
- Saurimo in DecemberAngola · 143 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 229 mm rain
- Tshikapa in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 223 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Mwene in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 280 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Cafunfo in DecemberAngola · 305 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Kananga in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 336 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 159 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 337 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 192 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.