Climate averages 1991–2020

Likasi weather
in July.

A warm, very dry month: the 7th warmest and one of the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 25.7°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 12.2°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Likasi: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 12.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (one of the driest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 33 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kambove (20 km away). In July its highs average 25.5°C, about as warm as Likasi, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Likasi ranks joint 51st of 60 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Likasi is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Likasi climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Likasi, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	25.3°C17.1°C	17.1°C	269	28.5	12.713 h
February	25.6°C17.2°C	17.2°C	227	24.4	12.512 h
March	25.6°C17.2°C	17.2°C	200	24.8	12.212 h
April	25.6°C16.4°C	16.4°C	51	9.7	11.912 h
May	26.9°C15.1°C	15.1°C	2.6	0.6	11.612 h
June	25.8°C12.8°C	12.8°C	0	0.0	11.511 h
July, selected	25.7°C12.2°C	12.2°C	0	0.0	11.512 h
August	28.5°C14.6°C	14.6°C	0	0.0	11.812 h
September	31.0°C17.3°C	17.3°C	3.5	1.0	12.012 h
October	31.0°C18.5°C	18.5°C	37	7.0	12.312 h
November	27.8°C17.6°C	17.6°C	145	21.5	12.613 h
December	25.6°C17.1°C	17.1°C	234	27.4	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Likasi

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Likasi) is explained once on the Likasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.