Climate averages 1991–2020
Kambove weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Kambove: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 217 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Likasi (20 km away). In February its highs average 25.6°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kambove, with 227 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kambove ranks 57th of 60 for the warmest February highs and 56th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Kambove is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs stay level at 25.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 217 mm to 196 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Likasi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 20 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 227 mm rain
- Kipushi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 238 mm rain
- Kolwezi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 186 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 130 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 215 mm rain
- Solwezi in FebruaryZambia · 146 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 235 mm rain
- Bukama in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 196 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in FebruaryZambia · 213 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 244 mm rain
- Chingola in FebruaryZambia · 231 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 232 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.