Lumbala weather in September

In September, Lumbala sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 5 mm of rain across 1.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 33°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in September, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of September to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Lumbala's 5th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lumbala's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 33°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 5 mm; 1.2 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 5:31 AM – 5:26 PM
Cloud cover: 26%; 5th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.7; out of 10

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Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs climb over the month, from about 32°C in the first days to 33°C by the end.

A typical September day in Lumbala reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 15°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs about 3°C warmer than August and on par with October.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	33	34	34	34
Avg low (°C)	16	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	16
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	33	17
11	33	18
12	33	18
13	33	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	33	19
20	33	19
21	33	19
22	33	19
23	33	19
24	33	19
25	33	19
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	34	20

How September really feels in Lumbala

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 26 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in September is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Lumbala weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 2nd-warmest and 8th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 19°	251	26.3	12.7	3.9
Feb	27° / 19°	227	23.8	12.5	3.9
Mar	27° / 18°	196	24.2	12.1	4.3
Apr	28° / 17°	48	7.4	11.7	6.7
May	28° / 15°	1	0.2	11.4	8.3
Jun	26° / 12°	0	0	11.2	9.2
Jul	26° / 12°	0	0	11.3	9.2
Aug	30° / 14°	0	0	11.5	7.0
Sep	33° / 18°	5	1.2	11.9	4.7
Oct	33° / 20°	36	8.2	12.3	3.7
Nov	29° / 19°	164	22.5	12.7	3.6
Dec	27° / 19°	256	26.8	12.8	3.8

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 72% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	89	89	89	88	87	86	86	86	86	85	84	84	83	83	82	82	82	82	81	80	80
Cloudier (%)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	11	11	11	12	13	14	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	18	18	18	18	19	20	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	81	19
29	80	20
30	80	20

Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Lumbala gets around 5 mm of rain over 1.2 wet days in September. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 4% and peaks near 13% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	7	8	9	9	10	11	12	13

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	4
19	4
20	5
21	5
22	6
23	7
24	8
25	9
26	9
27	10
28	11
29	12
30	13

Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the dry band about 94% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Dry (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	95	94	94	93	92	91	89	89	87	85	84	83	81	80
Comfortable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	8	8	9	10	11	11	12	13
Humid (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	3	3	4	5	5	6	7	7

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	97	3	0
13	97	3	0
14	97	3	0
15	97	3	0
16	96	4	0
17	95	4	1
18	94	5	1
19	94	5	1
20	93	6	1
21	92	6	2
22	91	7	2
23	89	8	3
24	89	8	3
25	87	9	4
26	85	10	5
27	84	11	5
28	83	11	6
29	81	12	7
30	80	13	7

Wind in September

Winds average 10 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of September to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:42 AM to 5:20 AM, and sunset from 5:26 PM to 5:27 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:37	5:36	5:36	5:35	5:34	5:33	5:32	5:32	5:31	5:30	5:29	5:29	5:28	5:27	5:26	5:25	5:25	5:24	5:23	5:22	5:22	5:21	5:20
Sunset (PM)	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:26	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27	5:27

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.7	5:42	5:26
2	11.7	5:42	5:26
3	11.7	5:41	5:26
4	11.8	5:40	5:26
5	11.8	5:39	5:26
6	11.8	5:39	5:26
7	11.8	5:38	5:26
8	11.8	5:37	5:26
9	11.8	5:36	5:26
10	11.8	5:36	5:26
11	11.9	5:35	5:26
12	11.9	5:34	5:26
13	11.9	5:33	5:26
14	11.9	5:32	5:26
15	11.9	5:32	5:26
16	11.9	5:31	5:26
17	11.9	5:30	5:26
18	11.9	5:29	5:26
19	12.0	5:29	5:26
20	12.0	5:28	5:26
21	12.0	5:27	5:26
22	12.0	5:26	5:26
23	12.0	5:25	5:27
24	12.0	5:25	5:27
25	12.0	5:24	5:27
26	12.1	5:23	5:27
27	12.1	5:22	5:27
28	12.1	5:22	5:27
29	12.1	5:21	5:27
30	12.1	5:20	5:27

Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 6.73 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.16 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in September across the year — September's 6.73 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.7	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8	6.8
Level	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.5	Intense
2	6.6	Intense
3	6.6	Intense
4	6.6	Intense
5	6.6	Intense
6	6.7	Intense
7	6.7	Intense
8	6.7	Intense
9	6.7	Intense
10	6.7	Intense
11	6.7	Intense
12	6.7	Intense
13	6.8	Intense
14	6.8	Intense
15	6.8	Intense
16	6.8	Intense
17	6.8	Intense
18	6.8	Intense
19	6.8	Intense
20	6.8	Intense
21	6.8	Intense
22	6.8	Intense
23	6.8	Intense
24	6.8	Intense
25	6.8	Intense
26	6.8	Intense
27	6.8	Intense
28	6.8	Intense
29	6.8	Intense
30	6.8	Intense

Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Lumbala

In seasonPeak

None of Lumbala's seasonal hazards are active in September. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Lumbala's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is September a good time to visit Lumbala?

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

4.7

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

8.0

Beach & pool

5th-best month of the year

September is a reasonable time to visit Lumbala for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Lumbala in September

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

In September, Lumbala sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Lumbala in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lumbala peaks around January 19 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 21 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	16	15	14	12	10	9	9	9	11	10	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	10	Very high
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Lumbala in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Lumbala is worst in September — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 10.1× the cleanest month (December, 6 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	8	8	8	6	9	17	28	45	61	30	11	6
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	8	Good
Feb	8	Good
Mar	8	Good
Apr	6	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	28	Moderate
Aug	45	Poor
Sep	61	Unhealthy
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	6	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Lumbala?

Lumbala sits at 14.1°S, 21.4°E, 1,122 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Kalabo, 167 km away.

Topography around Lumbala

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lumbala has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 102 m around an average of 1,125 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 277 m.

The land around Lumbala is covered by shrubs (39%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (63%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km

102 m

shrubs 39%

16 km

137 m

trees 63%

80 km

277 m

trees 53%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland

← August Lumbala year-round climate October →Best places to visit in September

September weather nearby: Kalabo 167 km · Chavuma 177 km · Zambezi 191 km · Lukulu 197 km · Mongu 222 km · Cazombo 292 km · Senanga 298 km · Kabompo 304 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

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 Lumbala (-14.1016°, 21.4353°, elevation 1,122 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	16
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	33	17
11	33	18
12	33	18
13	33	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	33	19
20	33	19
21	33	19
22	33	19
23	33	19
24	33	19
25	33	19
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	34	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	81	19
29	80	20
30	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	4
19	4
20	5
21	5
22	6
23	7
24	8
25	9
26	9
27	10
28	11
29	12
30	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	97	3	0
13	97	3	0
14	97	3	0
15	97	3	0
16	96	4	0
17	95	4	1
18	94	5	1
19	94	5	1
20	93	6	1
21	92	6	2
22	91	7	2
23	89	8	3
24	89	8	3
25	87	9	4
26	85	10	5
27	84	11	5
28	83	11	6
29	81	12	7
30	80	13	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	16
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	33	17
11	33	18
12	33	18
13	33	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	33	19
20	33	19
21	33	19
22	33	19
23	33	19
24	33	19
25	33	19
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	34	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	81	19
29	80	20
30	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	4
19	4
20	5
21	5
22	6
23	7
24	8
25	9
26	9
27	10
28	11
29	12
30	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	97	3	0
13	97	3	0
14	97	3	0
15	97	3	0
16	96	4	0
17	95	4	1
18	94	5	1
19	94	5	1
20	93	6	1
21	92	6	2
22	91	7	2
23	89	8	3
24	89	8	3
25	87	9	4
26	85	10	5
27	84	11	5
28	83	11	6
29	81	12	7
30	80	13	7

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	32	16
2	32	17
3	32	17
4	32	17
5	32	17
6	32	17
7	32	17
8	32	17
9	32	17
10	33	17
11	33	18
12	33	18
13	33	18
14	33	18
15	33	18
16	33	18
17	33	18
18	33	18
19	33	19
20	33	19
21	33	19
22	33	19
23	33	19
24	33	19
25	33	19
26	33	19
27	33	19
28	34	19
29	34	19
30	34	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	91	9
2	91	9
3	91	9
4	91	9
5	91	9
6	91	9
7	91	9
8	91	9
9	90	10
10	89	11
11	89	11
12	89	11
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	86	14
16	86	14
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	84	16
21	84	16
22	83	17
23	83	17
24	82	18
25	82	18
26	82	18
27	82	18
28	81	19
29	80	20
30	80	20

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	1
5	1
6	1
7	1
8	1
9	1
10	2
11	2
12	2
13	2
14	2
15	3
16	3
17	3
18	4
19	4
20	5
21	5
22	6
23	7
24	8
25	9
26	9
27	10
28	11
29	12
30	13

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	99	1	0
2	99	1	0
3	99	1	0
4	99	1	0
5	99	1	0
6	99	1	0
7	99	1	0
8	99	1	0
9	98	2	0
10	98	2	0
11	98	2	0
12	97	3	0
13	97	3	0
14	97	3	0
15	97	3	0
16	96	4	0
17	95	4	1
18	94	5	1
19	94	5	1
20	93	6	1
21	92	6	2
22	91	7	2
23	89	8	3
24	89	8	3
25	87	9	4
26	85	10	5
27	84	11	5
28	83	11	6
29	81	12	7
30	80	13	7