Climate averages 1991–2020
Lucapa weather
in May.
A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
May is a hot month in Lucapa: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes May a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average May day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundo (117 km away). In May its highs average 31.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Lucapa, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lucapa ranks joint 10th of 47 for the warmest May highs and joint 31st of 47 for the driest May (rainfall, lowest first). The mean May high of those 47 cities is 28.8°C; Lucapa is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From May to June, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 12 mm to 1.8 mm.
The annual picture
May 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, selected | 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
May in nearby cities
- Dundo in MayAngola · 117 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Chitato in MayAngola · 124 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.5°C · 36 mm rain
- Saurimo in MayAngola · 143 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 17.8°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Tshikapa in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 223 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 39 mm rain
- Mwene in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 280 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 18.7°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Cafunfo in MayAngola · 305 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Kananga in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 336 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 20.7°C · 64 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in MayDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 337 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.2°C · 26 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.