Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubumbashi weather
in December.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Lubumbashi: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes December a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 48 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (27 km away). In December its highs average 25.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Lubumbashi, with 255 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubumbashi ranks 52nd of 60 for the warmest December highs and 53rd of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Lubumbashi is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 226 mm to 258 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Kipushi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 27 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.9°C · 255 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in DecemberZambia · 87 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 266 mm rain
- Chingola in DecemberZambia · 106 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 249 mm rain
- Likasi in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.1°C · 234 mm rain
- Mufulira in DecemberZambia · 129 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 256 mm rain
- Kambove in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 130 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.7°C · 239 mm rain
- Solwezi in DecemberZambia · 131 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 278 mm rain
- Kalulushi in DecemberZambia · 147 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 17.5°C · 253 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.