Climate averages 1991–2020
Kipushi weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th 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 Kipushi: daytime highs average 25.1°C and nights cool to about 16.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 238 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lubumbashi (27 km away). In February its highs average 25.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kipushi, with 215 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kipushi ranks 56th of 60 for the warmest February highs and 59th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Kipushi is 4.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 238 mm to 201 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Lubumbashi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 27 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.4°C · 215 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in FebruaryZambia · 91 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 244 mm rain
- Likasi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 103 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 227 mm rain
- Solwezi in FebruaryZambia · 104 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 235 mm rain
- Chingola in FebruaryZambia · 110 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 232 mm rain
- Kambove in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Mufulira in FebruaryZambia · 139 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 243 mm rain
- Kalulushi in FebruaryZambia · 151 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 230 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.