Climate averages 1991–2020
Likasi weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Likasi: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 37 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th 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 (20 km away). In October its highs average 30.2°C, 0.8°C cooler than Likasi, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Likasi ranks joint 3rd of 60 for the warmest October highs and 5th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Likasi is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 3.2°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 37 mm to 145 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kambove in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 20 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Kipushi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 103 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 25 mm rain
- Solwezi in OctoberZambia · 137 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Kolwezi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 142 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in OctoberZambia · 194 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Chingola in OctoberZambia · 212 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Bukama in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 76 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.