Climate averages 1991–2020
Luena weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Luena: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 15.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saurimo (242 km away). In April its highs average 27.8°C, 2.1°C warmer than Luena, with 117 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Luena ranks joint 40th of 47 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 47 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 47 cities is 28.1°C; Luena is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 73 mm to 1.9 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Luena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 221 | 26.2 | 12.713 h |
| February | 25.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 198 | 23.7 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.2°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 198 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 73 | 12.4 | 11.812 h |
| May | 27.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 1.9 | 0.3 | 11.612 h |
| June | 27.0°C11.6°C | 11.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| July | 27.2°C11.3°C | 11.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 30.0°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 1.0 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| September | 31.6°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 14 | 3.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 88 | 18.0 | 12.412 h |
| November | 26.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 178 | 25.6 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.0°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 224 | 27.5 | 12.813 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
April in nearby cities
- Saurimo in AprilAngola · 242 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Cuíto in AprilAngola · 331 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 13.8°C · 68 mm rain
- Tshilenge in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 338 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Lucapa in AprilAngola · 385 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 138 mm rain
- Mwene in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 390 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Cafunfo in AprilAngola · 396 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 203 mm rain
- Menongue in AprilAngola · 400 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 14.9°C · 40 mm rain
- Catchiungo in AprilAngola · 410 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 13.6°C · 90 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 Luena) is explained once on the Luena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.