Climate averages 1991–2020

Lucapa weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.4°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 17.3°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Lucapa: daytime highs average 32.4°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundo (117 km away). In July its highs average 33.7°C, 1.3°C warmer than Lucapa, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lucapa ranks 4th of 47 for the warmest July highs and joint 26th of 47 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Lucapa is 5.0°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 10 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lucapa, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Lucapa

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 limits

How 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.