Climate averages 1991–2020
Luena weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Luena: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 224 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saurimo (242 km away). In December its highs average 26.7°C, 1.8°C warmer than Luena, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Luena ranks joint 37th of 47 for the warmest December highs and joint 35th of 47 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Luena is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 224 mm to 221 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Saurimo in DecemberAngola · 242 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 229 mm rain
- Cuíto in DecemberAngola · 331 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 258 mm rain
- Tshilenge in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 338 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.2°C · 286 mm rain
- Lucapa in DecemberAngola · 385 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 229 mm rain
- Mwene in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 390 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.1°C · 215 mm rain
- Cafunfo in DecemberAngola · 396 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 226 mm rain
- Menongue in DecemberAngola · 400 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 17.2°C · 191 mm rain
- Catchiungo in DecemberAngola · 410 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.4°C · 290 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.