Climate averages 1991–2020
Luena weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Luena: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 14 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Saurimo (242 km away). In September its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Luena, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Luena ranks 8th of 47 for the warmest September highs and 27th of 47 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 47 cities is 29.0°C; Luena is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 14 mm to 88 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Saurimo in SeptemberAngola · 242 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Cuíto in SeptemberAngola · 331 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 13.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Tshilenge in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 338 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Lucapa in SeptemberAngola · 385 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Mwene in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 390 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Cafunfo in SeptemberAngola · 396 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 103 mm rain
- Menongue in SeptemberAngola · 400 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 15.2°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Catchiungo in SeptemberAngola · 410 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 14.1°C · 35 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.