Climate averages 1991–2020
Likasi weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: one of 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 Likasi: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 3.5 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, 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 (20 km away). In September its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Likasi, with 4.6 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Likasi ranks 15th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 3rd of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Likasi is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs stay level at 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.5 mm to 37 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kambove in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 20 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Kipushi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 103 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 16.7°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Lubumbashi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Solwezi in SeptemberZambia · 137 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 3.2 mm rain
- Kolwezi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 142 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in SeptemberZambia · 194 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Chingola in SeptemberZambia · 212 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Bukama in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 11 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.