Climate averages 1991–2020
Kambove weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kambove: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Likasi (20 km away). In October its highs average 31.0°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kambove, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kambove ranks 13th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Kambove is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.3°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 156 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Likasi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 20 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Kipushi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Kolwezi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 130 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Solwezi in OctoberZambia · 146 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Bukama in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in OctoberZambia · 213 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Chingola in OctoberZambia · 231 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 17 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.