Climate averages 1991–2020

Luena weather
in March.

A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the joint 9th driest of the year.

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

Average high 25.2°C Daytime mean, March

Average low 17.0°C Night-time mean, March

Rainfall 198 mm 26 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

March is a warm month in Luena: daytime highs average 25.2°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 198 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes March a very wet month (the joint 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average March day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Saurimo (242 km away). In March its highs average 27.4°C, 2.2°C warmer than Luena, with 210 mm of rain.

Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Luena ranks joint 40th of 47 for the warmest March highs and joint 33rd of 47 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Luena is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.

From March to April, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 198 mm to 73 mm.

The annual picture

March 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, selected	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

March in nearby cities

Distance from Luena

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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.