Cuango-Luzamba weather in January

In January, Cuango-Luzamba sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 169 mm of rain across 21.4 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Cuango-Luzamba's 11th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Cuango-Luzamba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
10th warmest
Overnight low
20°
10th coldest
Rainfall
169 mm
21.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:43 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
83%
11th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.56 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Cuango-Luzamba reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Cuango-Luzamba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Cuango-Luzamba weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 20°16921.412.54.0
Feb29° / 20°14117.512.34.0
Mar29° / 20°22123.512.13.7
Apr29° / 20°15618.711.84.1
May31° / 19°142.611.65.1
Jun32° / 18°10.311.55.3
Jul33° / 18°0011.55.0
Aug33° / 20°71.911.74.4
Sep32° / 20°8013.611.93.7
Oct30° / 20°19925.412.23.3
Nov28° / 20°27127.112.43.5
Dec28° / 20°2392512.53.9

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21288
31288
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101189
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Cuango-Luzamba gets around 169 mm of rain over 21.4 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 69% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
177
276
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476
575
675
774
873
972
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1269
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1567
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1966
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2767
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2967
3067
3167

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 89% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
117902
207912
307912
407903
507903
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Wind in January

Winds average 6 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:35 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:356:07
212.55:366:07
312.55:366:08
412.55:376:08
512.55:376:08
612.55:386:09
712.55:386:09
812.55:396:09
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2212.55:456:13
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.33 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 5.56 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Cuango-Luzamba

In seasonPeak

In January, Cuango-Luzamba sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Cuango-Luzamba's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Cuango-Luzamba?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Cuango-Luzamba for sightseeing.

What to pack for Cuango-Luzamba in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Cuango-Luzamba sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Cuango-Luzamba in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 16 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Cuango-Luzamba peaks around January 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 12 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highVery highExtremeJan 19UV 15Aug 12UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan16Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug7High
Sep10Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Cuango-Luzamba in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Cuango-Luzamba is worst in July — around 222 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 24.4× the cleanest month (November, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180210240JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodGoodModerateUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyModerateGoodJul 18214 µg/m³Nov 239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan11Good
Feb12Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr10Good
May47Poor
Jun143Unhealthy
Jul222Very unhealthy
Aug171Very unhealthy
Sep38Poor
Oct14Moderate
Nov9Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Cuango-Luzamba?

Cuango-Luzamba sits at 9.1°S, 18.0°E, 863 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Cafunfo, 42 km away.

Kunda dya BazeCambundi CatemboLubaloLuquemboCangandalaCuiloMalanje

Topography around Cuango-Luzamba

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Cuango-Luzamba.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Cuango-Luzamba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 847 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 283 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 721 m.

The land around Cuango-Luzamba is covered by grassland (70%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and grassland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (49%) and trees (43%) within 80 km.

3 km
121 m
16 km
283 m
80 km
721 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Cafunfo 42 km · Kunda dya Baze 112 km · Cambundi Catembo 117 km · Lubalo 136 km · Luquembo 181 km · Cangandala 190 km · Cuilo 192 km · Malanje 192 km

Angola travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,129
2025
Happiness
3.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate
4.1
per 100k, 2016
Road deaths
26.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 413
Religion
Roman Catholic 41%Protestant 38%none 12%other 9%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Cuango-Luzamba (-9.1458°, 18.0445°, elevation 863 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).