Climate averages 1991–2020
Kolwezi weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kolwezi: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 18.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 61 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kambove (125 km away). In October its highs average 30.2°C, 1.8°C warmer than Kolwezi, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kolwezi ranks joint 43rd of 60 for the warmest October highs and 9th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Kolwezi is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.1°C to 25.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 61 mm to 158 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kambove in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Likasi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 142 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Bukama in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Solwezi in OctoberZambia · 190 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Kamina in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 226 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Kipushi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 227 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Tshilenge in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 282 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 112 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.