Climate averages 1991–2020
Luena weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Luena: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 221 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 44 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saurimo (242 km away). In January its highs average 27.0°C, 1.8°C warmer than Luena, with 212 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Luena ranks joint 38th of 47 for the warmest January highs and 42nd of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Luena is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 221 mm to 198 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Saurimo in JanuaryAngola · 242 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 212 mm rain
- Cuíto in JanuaryAngola · 331 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.0°C · 240 mm rain
- Tshilenge in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 338 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 274 mm rain
- Lucapa in JanuaryAngola · 385 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 208 mm rain
- Mwene in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 390 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 223 mm rain
- Cafunfo in JanuaryAngola · 396 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.6°C · 168 mm rain
- Menongue in JanuaryAngola · 400 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 172 mm rain
- Catchiungo in JanuaryAngola · 410 kmHigh 23.0°C · Low 14.3°C · 255 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.