Lucapa weather in January

In January, Lucapa sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 207 mm of rain across 25.8 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-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 1% 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 Lucapa's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lucapa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
11th warmest
Overnight low
19°
8th coldest
Rainfall
207 mm
25.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:33 AM – 6:00 PM
Cloud cover
86%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.19 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Lucapa is settlement in Angola.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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 Lucapa reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°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 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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How January really feels in Lucapa

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.

Lucapa weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 19°20725.812.43.6
Feb29° / 20°17622.312.33.5
Mar29° / 20°19825.212.13.5
Apr29° / 19°1381911.84.1
May32° / 19°122.911.64.9
Jun33° / 18°20.411.54.9
Jul33° / 18°0011.64.9
Aug33° / 19°102.711.74.4
Sep31° / 20°7213.8123.9
Oct30° / 20°1492312.23.5
Nov28° / 19°21326.312.43.5
Dec28° / 19°22927.312.53.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1991
2991
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Lucapa gets around 207 mm of rain over 25.8 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 83% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
185
285
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1583
1683
1783
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2083
2183
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3183

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 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12944
22944
31954
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290946
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310937

Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 5:26 AM to 5:39 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 6:01 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:265:55
212.55:265:55
312.55:275:55
412.55:275:56
512.55:285:56
612.55:285:57
712.55:295:57
812.55:295:57
912.55:305:58
1012.55:305:58
1112.55:315:58
1212.55:315:58
1312.55:325:59
1412.45:325:59
1512.45:335:59
1612.45:336:00
1712.45:346:00
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2012.45:356:00
2112.45:356:01
2212.45:366:01
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2712.45:386:01
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2912.45:396:01
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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 5.19 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.09 kWh/m² to a high of 5.76 kWh/m² in July across the year — January's 5.19 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Lucapa

In seasonPeak

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

Lucapa'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 Lucapa?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lucapa.

What to pack for Lucapa in January

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

In January, Lucapa sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lucapa in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lucapa peaks around January 21 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 21UV 15Aug 11UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7High
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Lucapa 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 Lucapa is worst in June — around 150 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 15.8× the cleanest month (November, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodJun 23149 µg/m³Nov 2210 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr10Good
May53Poor
Jun150Unhealthy
Jul146Unhealthy
Aug83Unhealthy
Sep31Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lucapa?

Lucapa sits at 8.4°S, 20.7°E, 955 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Dundo, 117 km away.

DundoCassanguidiChitatoCuiloSaurimoLubaloTshikapaMwene

Topography around Lucapa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lucapa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 186 m around an average of 867 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 401 m.

The land around Lucapa is covered by grassland (58%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, grassland (57%) and shrubs (25%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
186 m
16 km
227 m
80 km
401 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
January weather nearby: Dundo 117 km · Cassanguidi 121 km · Chitato 124 km · Cuilo 136 km · Saurimo 143 km · Lubalo 180 km · Tshikapa 223 km · Mwene 280 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 Lucapa (-8.4192°, 20.7447°, elevation 955 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).