Climate averages 1991–2020

Luena weather
in July.

A warm, very dry month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.2°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 11.3°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Luena: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 11.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 30 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Saurimo (242 km away). In July its highs average 31.0°C, 3.8°C warmer than Luena, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Luena ranks joint 26th of 47 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 47 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 47 cities is 27.5°C; Luena is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 1.0 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Luena, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Luena

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 limits

How 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.