Climate averages 1991–2020
Kambove weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kambove: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 16.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Likasi (20 km away). In April its highs average 25.6°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kambove, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kambove ranks 57th of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 4th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Kambove is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 51 mm to 2.7 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Kambove climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.7°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 261 | 28.1 | 12.713 h |
| February | 25.0°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 217 | 24.4 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 196 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.1°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 51 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 26.7°C15.3°C | 15.3°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.6°C13.2°C | 13.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| July | 25.5°C12.5°C | 12.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 28.2°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| September | 30.6°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 4.6 | 1.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.2°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 45 | 8.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.9°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 156 | 22.0 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.0°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 239 | 28.0 | 12.713 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Likasi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 20 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Kipushi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Kolwezi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 130 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Solwezi in AprilZambia · 146 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Bukama in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in AprilZambia · 213 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Chingola in AprilZambia · 231 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kambove) is explained once on the Kambove year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.