Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubumbashi weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Lubumbashi: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 17.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 215 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (27 km away). In February its highs average 25.1°C, 0.6°C cooler than Lubumbashi, with 238 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubumbashi ranks 54th of 60 for the warmest February highs and 55th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Lubumbashi is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 215 mm to 171 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kipushi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 27 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 238 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in FebruaryZambia · 87 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 244 mm rain
- Chingola in FebruaryZambia · 106 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 17.3°C · 232 mm rain
- Likasi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 227 mm rain
- Mufulira in FebruaryZambia · 129 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 243 mm rain
- Kambove in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 130 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.9°C · 217 mm rain
- Solwezi in FebruaryZambia · 131 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 235 mm rain
- Kalulushi in FebruaryZambia · 147 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.3°C · 230 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.