Climate averages 1991–2020
Kipushi weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kipushi: daytime highs average 25.3°C and nights cool to about 15.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubumbashi (27 km away). In April its highs average 25.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kipushi, with 36 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kipushi ranks 56th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Kipushi is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 26.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 45 mm to 2.9 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
Kipushi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.9°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 290 | 28.8 | 12.713 h |
| February | 25.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 238 | 25.2 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 201 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 45 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.3°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 2.9 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.0°C11.8°C | 11.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| July | 24.8°C11.2°C | 11.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 27.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.5°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.0°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 31 | 5.6 | 12.412 h |
| November | 27.9°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 152 | 20.4 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.2°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 255 | 28.5 | 12.813 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
- Lubumbashi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 27 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in AprilZambia · 91 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Likasi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 103 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Solwezi in AprilZambia · 104 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Chingola in AprilZambia · 110 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Kambove in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Mufulira in AprilZambia · 139 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Kalulushi in AprilZambia · 151 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 32 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 Kipushi) is explained once on the Kipushi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.