Climate averages 1991–2020
Luena weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Luena: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 198 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a very wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saurimo (242 km away). In February its highs average 27.5°C, 2.0°C warmer than Luena, with 181 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Luena ranks 40th of 47 for the warmest February highs and 43rd of 47 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 47 cities is 28.4°C; Luena is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 198 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Saurimo in FebruaryAngola · 242 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Cuíto in FebruaryAngola · 331 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 15.0°C · 190 mm rain
- Tshilenge in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 338 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 18.3°C · 245 mm rain
- Lucapa in FebruaryAngola · 385 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 177 mm rain
- Mwene in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 390 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 205 mm rain
- Cafunfo in FebruaryAngola · 396 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 134 mm rain
- Menongue in FebruaryAngola · 400 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 166 mm rain
- Catchiungo in FebruaryAngola · 410 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 14.4°C · 216 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.