Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubumbashi weather
in April.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Lubumbashi: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 36 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 51 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (27 km away). In April its highs average 25.3°C, 0.6°C cooler than Lubumbashi, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubumbashi ranks 52nd of 60 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Lubumbashi is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 36 mm to 2.0 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Lubumbashi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 258 | 28.3 | 12.713 h |
| February | 25.7°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 215 | 24.7 | 12.512 h |
| March | 25.8°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 171 | 23.1 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 25.9°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 36 | 7.1 | 11.812 h |
| May | 26.7°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 2.0 | 0.6 | 11.612 h |
| June | 25.4°C12.1°C | 12.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| July | 25.3°C11.5°C | 11.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 28.1°C14.0°C | 14.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| September | 30.9°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 31.5°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 25 | 5.2 | 12.412 h |
| November | 28.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 130 | 19.3 | 12.613 h |
| December | 25.9°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 226 | 27.5 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Kipushi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 27 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 15.7°C · 45 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in AprilZambia · 87 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.7°C · 42 mm rain
- Chingola in AprilZambia · 106 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.0°C · 34 mm rain
- Likasi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Mufulira in AprilZambia · 129 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.4°C · 35 mm rain
- Kambove in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 130 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Solwezi in AprilZambia · 131 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 48 mm rain
- Kalulushi in AprilZambia · 147 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.7°C · 32 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 Lubumbashi) is explained once on the Lubumbashi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.