Climate averages 1991–2020
Kipushi weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd 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 Kipushi: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 16.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.0 mm of rain on fewer than one 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 Lubumbashi (27 km away). In September its highs average 30.9°C, about as warm as Kipushi, with 2.5 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kipushi ranks joint 21st of 60 for the warmest September highs and 2nd of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Kipushi is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.0 mm to 31 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
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 | 27.7°C13.7°C | 13.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Lubumbashi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 27 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in SeptemberZambia · 91 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Likasi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 103 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Solwezi in SeptemberZambia · 104 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Chingola in SeptemberZambia · 110 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Kambove in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Mufulira in SeptemberZambia · 139 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Kalulushi in SeptemberZambia · 151 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 16.7°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 Kipushi) is explained once on the Kipushi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.