Climate averages 1991–2020
Likasi weather
in November.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Likasi: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 17.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kambove (20 km away). In November its highs average 26.9°C, 0.9°C cooler than Likasi, with 156 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Likasi ranks joint 39th of 60 for the warmest November highs and joint 12th of 60 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Likasi is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 234 mm.
The annual picture
November 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
Likasi climate table
| 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kambove in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 20 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Kipushi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 103 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 152 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 18.2°C · 130 mm rain
- Solwezi in NovemberZambia · 137 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 162 mm rain
- Kolwezi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 142 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 158 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in NovemberZambia · 194 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Chingola in NovemberZambia · 212 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Bukama in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 156 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 Likasi) is explained once on the Likasi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.