Luena climate — normals and trends
Luena (Angola) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,247 mm of precipitation per year.
These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.
The warmest month is September (23.3 °C on average) and the coldest is June (18.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in December.
Luena averages 0 frost days, 50 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 167 rainy days per year.
Luena has warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.13 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.
The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 28 September 2008) and the coldest 5.3 °C (on 2 July 1994).
Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.
Climate normals · ERA5
LuenaMoxico Province
- coords
- -11.78°, 19.92°
- period
- 1940–2025 · 86 yrs
Mean daily temperature
20.6°C
Average daily high
26.9°C
Average daily low
15.4°C
Annual rainfall
1,247mm
Sunshine / day
10.0h
Mean relative humidity
65%
Average peak wind
12.2km/h
Seasonal range
4.6°C
Frost days (< 0 °C)
0 d/yr
Hot days (≥ 30 °C)
50 d/yr
Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)
167 d/yr
Annual snowfall
0.0 cm
Average feels-like high
28.3 °C
Average feels-like low
15.1 °C
Average peak gust
31.8 km/h
Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)
0 d/yr
Solar radiation
20.0 MJ/m²
Has the climate changed?
One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025
+1.2 °C
since 1940
+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.48 · p = < 0.001
Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.
Records for the period
Hottest day
36.3 °C
28 September 2008
Coldest day
5.3 °C
2 July 1994
Wettest day
76 mm
22 October 1982
Windiest day
25.2 km/h
7 September 1949
Strongest gust
61.2 km/h
10 February 2007
Hottest feels-like
37.6 °C
16 October 2003
Coldest feels-like
0.5 °C
2 July 1994
Sunniest day
12.7 h
23 December 1940
Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.
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Across the whole year
Month by month
| High | vs. normal | Precipitation | vs. normal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 26.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 263 mm | +40 mm |
| Feb | 25.9 °C | +0.3 °C | 224 mm | +24 mm |
| Mar | 26.3 °C | +1.0 °C | 256 mm | +52 mm |
| Apr | 25.8 °C | -0.2 °C | 171 mm | +90 mm |
| May | 26.3 °C | -0.9 °C | 10 mm | +5 mm |
| Jun | 26.3 °C | -0.1 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Jul | 26.2 °C | -0.5 °C | 0 mm | 0 mm |
| Aug | 29.0 °C | -0.2 °C | 1 mm | -1 mm |
| Sep | 31.3 °C | +0.3 °C | 4 mm | -15 mm |
| Oct | 30.5 °C | +1.4 °C | 58 mm | -46 mm |
| Nov | 26.8 °C | +0.8 °C | 171 mm | -16 mm |
| Dec | 26.5 °C | +1.3 °C | 177 mm | -46 mm |
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Frequently asked questions
What is the climate of Luena?
Luena has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.6 °C and it receives 1,247 mm of precipitation per year.
What is the hottest day ever recorded in Luena?
The hottest day measured in Luena between 1940 and 2025 was 28 September 2008, reaching 36.3 °C.
What is the coldest day in Luena?
The coldest day measured in Luena between 1940 and 2025 was 2 July 1994, at 5.3 °C.
Does it snow in Luena?
Almost never: Luena sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.
Has the climate of Luena warmed?
Yes: Luena warmed by +1.2 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.
What is the wettest day in Luena?
The wettest day measured in Luena between 1940 and 2025 was 22 October 1982, with 76 mm of rain in 24 hours.
What was the windiest day in Luena?
The windiest day measured in Luena between 1940 and 2025 was 7 September 1949, with winds reaching 25.2 km/h.
What is the warmest month in Luena?
The warmest month in Luena is September (23.3 °C on average); the coldest is June (18.7 °C).
How much does it rain in Luena?
Luena receives on average 1,247 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 167 rainy days.
Is it sunny in Luena?
Luena gets on average 10.0 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,650 hours per year over 1940-2025.
Are there tropical nights in Luena?
Almost never: tropical nights (temperature staying above 20 °C) are virtually non-existent in Luena.
What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Luena?
In Luena, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.6 °C on 16 October 2003, and the lowest was 0.5 °C on 2 July 1994.
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