Climate averages 1991–2020
Lucapa weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Lucapa: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 72 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dundo (117 km away). In September its highs average 30.7°C, about as warm as Lucapa, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Lucapa ranks joint 11th of 47 for the warmest September highs and 43rd of 47 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 47 cities is 29.0°C; Lucapa is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 72 mm to 149 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Dundo in SeptemberAngola · 117 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Chitato in SeptemberAngola · 124 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Saurimo in SeptemberAngola · 143 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Tshikapa in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 223 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Mwene in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 280 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Cafunfo in SeptemberAngola · 305 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 103 mm rain
- Kananga in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 336 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 337 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 104 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.