Climate averages 1991–2020
Kolwezi weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the 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 Kolwezi: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 9.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, 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 Kambove (125 km away). In September its highs average 30.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Kolwezi, with 4.6 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kolwezi ranks joint 29th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 7th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Kolwezi is level with that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 9.6 mm to 61 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kambove in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Likasi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 142 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Bukama in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Solwezi in SeptemberZambia · 190 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Kamina in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 226 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Kipushi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 227 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Tshilenge in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 282 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 24 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.