Climate averages 1991–2020
Lucapa weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Lucapa: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 208 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundo (117 km away). In January its highs average 28.5°C, 1.0°C warmer than Lucapa, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lucapa ranks 28th of 47 for the warmest January highs and 40th of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Lucapa is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 208 mm to 177 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Dundo in JanuaryAngola · 117 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 170 mm rain
- Chitato in JanuaryAngola · 124 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 170 mm rain
- Saurimo in JanuaryAngola · 143 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 212 mm rain
- Tshikapa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 223 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Mwene in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 280 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Cafunfo in JanuaryAngola · 305 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 168 mm rain
- Kananga in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 336 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 337 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 179 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.