Climate averages 1991–2020
Kolwezi weather
in April.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kolwezi: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 16.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kambove (125 km away). In April its highs average 25.1°C, about as warm as Kolwezi, with 51 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kolwezi ranks 58th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Kolwezi is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 44 mm to 2.7 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
Kolwezi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 23.6°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 222 | 27.4 | 12.713 h |
| February | 24.1°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 186 | 23.6 | 12.512 h |
| March | 24.5°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 164 | 24.5 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 44 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| May | 26.2°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 2.7 | 0.8 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.5°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| July | 25.6°C13.3°C | 13.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 27.9°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| September | 29.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 9.6 | 2.0 | 12.012 h |
| October | 28.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 61 | 12.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 25.3°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 158 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| December | 23.9°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 195 | 27.3 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Kambove in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Likasi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 142 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Bukama in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Solwezi in AprilZambia · 190 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Kamina in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 226 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Kipushi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 227 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.1°C · 36 mm rain
- Tshilenge in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 282 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 103 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 Kolwezi) is explained once on the Kolwezi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.