Climate averages 1991–2020
Kipushi weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the joint 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kipushi: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 13.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical August (the joint 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubumbashi (27 km away). In August its highs average 28.1°C, about as warm as Kipushi, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kipushi ranks 47th of 60 for the warmest August highs and joint 3rd of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Kipushi is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.0 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Lubumbashi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 27 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 14.0°C · 0 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in AugustZambia · 91 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Likasi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 103 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 0 mm rain
- Solwezi in AugustZambia · 104 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Chingola in AugustZambia · 110 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 14.0°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kambove in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 14.9°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Mufulira in AugustZambia · 139 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 14.6°C · 0.1 mm rain
- Kalulushi in AugustZambia · 151 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 13.5°C · 0.1 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 Kipushi) is explained once on the Kipushi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.