Climate averages 1991–2020
Lucapa weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Lucapa: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundo (117 km away). In October its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Lucapa, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lucapa ranks joint 22nd of 47 for the warmest October highs and 36th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Lucapa is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 27.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 149 mm to 213 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dundo in OctoberAngola · 117 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 170 mm rain
- Chitato in OctoberAngola · 124 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 170 mm rain
- Saurimo in OctoberAngola · 143 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Tshikapa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 223 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Mwene in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 280 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Cafunfo in OctoberAngola · 305 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 222 mm rain
- Kananga in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 336 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 181 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 337 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 166 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.