Luena climate

Name: Luena
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Luena is warmest in September, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. December is the wettest month (218 mm) and July the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Luena averages 1,168 mm of rain and 289 days above 25 °C.

Angola · population 273,675 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month September 32 °C
Coldest month July 12 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month December 218 mm
Least cloud June 13 % cloud
Hottest on record September 37 °C
Coldest on record July 4.7 °C

What to expectLuena through the year

Luena has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 27 °C in July to 32 °C in September, a swing of 4.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 289 days a year reach 25 °C, 59 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in September.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 218 mm in December. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.2 °C	215 mm	91 %
February	25.5 °C	192 mm	90 %
March	25.2 °C	193 mm	87 %
April	25.8 °C	69 mm	61 %
May	27.6 °C	2 mm	29 %
June	27.0 °C	under 1 mm	13 %
July	27.2 °C	0 mm	14 %
August	29.9 °C	1 mm	22 %
September	31.6 °C	14 mm	39 %
October	29.6 °C	88 mm	66 %
November	26.2 °C	175 mm	85 %
December	25.0 °C	218 mm	91 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	25.2 °C	17.1 °C	20.5 °C	29.0 °C	14.0 °C	18	0
February	25.5 °C	17.1 °C	20.6 °C	30.1 °C	13.9 °C	19	0
March	25.2 °C	17.0 °C	20.4 °C	30.4 °C	13.2 °C	18	0
April	25.8 °C	15.9 °C	20.4 °C	31.0 °C	11.3 °C	22	0
May	27.6 °C	14.0 °C	20.8 °C	31.5 °C	9.1 °C	30	1
June	27.0 °C	11.8 °C	19.4 °C	30.9 °C	7.4 °C	27	0
July	27.2 °C	11.5 °C	19.4 °C	31.7 °C	4.7 °C	27	1
August	29.9 °C	14.1 °C	22.2 °C	33.7 °C	8.0 °C	31	16
September	31.6 °C	16.1 °C	24.0 °C	36.5 °C	10.1 °C	30	26
October	29.6 °C	17.0 °C	22.7 °C	35.5 °C	13.1 °C	30	14
November	26.2 °C	16.9 °C	20.9 °C	34.6 °C	14.2 °C	22	1
December	25.0 °C	17.0 °C	20.3 °C	28.8 °C	14.4 °C	17	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	215 mm	26	13 h/day	91 %	85 %	11 km/h
February	192 mm	23	12 h/day	90 %	86 %	10 km/h
March	193 mm	25	12 h/day	87 %	87 %	9.8 km/h
April	69 mm	12	12 h/day	61 %	77 %	13 km/h
May	2 mm	0	12 h/day	29 %	49 %	15 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	13 %	40 %	15 km/h
July	0 mm	0	11 h/day	14 %	35 %	15 km/h
August	1 mm	0	12 h/day	22 %	31 %	15 km/h
September	14 mm	4	12 h/day	39 %	40 %	14 km/h
October	88 mm	17	12 h/day	66 %	67 %	12 km/h
November	175 mm	25	13 h/day	85 %	83 %	10 km/h
December	218 mm	27	13 h/day	91 %	87 %	11 km/h

How Luena compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Luena	32 °C	12 °C	1,168 mm	289
Saurimo · Angola	33 °C	16 °C	1,351 mm	344
Cuíto · Angola	29 °C	8.1 °C	1,317 mm	143
Mwene · Democratic Republic of the Congo	33 °C	17 °C	1,176 mm	348
Menongue · Angola	33 °C	9.0 °C	913 mm	307
Malanje · Angola	31 °C	14 °C	1,008 mm	344
Huambo · Angola	29 °C	9.1 °C	1,221 mm	151

Where Luena ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in July	12thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in July	17thof 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in June	27thof 50	0.1 mm
The driest places in Africa in May	41stof 50	1.9 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Luena.

QuestionsCommon questions about Luena’s climate

When is the best time to visit Luena?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. March, April, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, September is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Luena get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 59 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 12 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Luena?

December, averaging 218 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,168 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Luena rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.