Climate averages 1991–2020
Lucapa weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Lucapa: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes February a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundo (117 km away). In February its highs average 29.1°C, 1.0°C warmer than Lucapa, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lucapa ranks 30th of 47 for the warmest February highs and 39th of 47 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 47 cities is 28.4°C; Lucapa is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 177 mm to 198 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Dundo in FebruaryAngola · 117 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 149 mm rain
- Chitato in FebruaryAngola · 124 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Saurimo in FebruaryAngola · 143 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Tshikapa in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 223 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Mwene in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 280 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 205 mm rain
- Cafunfo in FebruaryAngola · 305 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 134 mm rain
- Kananga in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 336 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 337 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 158 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.