Climate averages 1991–2020
Luena weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Luena: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 17.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 88 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saurimo (242 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Luena, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Luena ranks joint 12th of 47 for the warmest October highs and 27th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Luena is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.4°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 88 mm to 178 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Saurimo in OctoberAngola · 242 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Cuíto in OctoberAngola · 331 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 15.1°C · 135 mm rain
- Tshilenge in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 338 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Lucapa in OctoberAngola · 385 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Mwene in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 390 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Cafunfo in OctoberAngola · 396 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 222 mm rain
- Menongue in OctoberAngola · 400 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 42 mm rain
- Catchiungo in OctoberAngola · 410 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 14.7°C · 195 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.