Climate averages 1991–2020
Kambove weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kambove: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 4.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes September a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Likasi (20 km away). In September its highs average 31.0°C, about as warm as Kambove, with 3.5 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kambove ranks joint 19th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 5th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Kambove is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 4.6 mm to 45 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Likasi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 20 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Kipushi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Kolwezi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 130 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Solwezi in SeptemberZambia · 146 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Bukama in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in SeptemberZambia · 213 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Chingola in SeptemberZambia · 231 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 1.1 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.