Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubumbashi weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Lubumbashi: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 258 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes January a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 43 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (27 km away). In January its highs average 24.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Lubumbashi, with 290 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubumbashi ranks 54th of 60 for the warmest January highs and 54th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Lubumbashi is 3.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 258 mm to 215 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Kipushi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 27 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.0°C · 290 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in JanuaryZambia · 87 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 290 mm rain
- Chingola in JanuaryZambia · 106 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 17.4°C · 269 mm rain
- Likasi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.1°C · 269 mm rain
- Mufulira in JanuaryZambia · 129 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.7°C · 280 mm rain
- Kambove in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 130 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.8°C · 261 mm rain
- Solwezi in JanuaryZambia · 131 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.8°C · 280 mm rain
- Kalulushi in JanuaryZambia · 147 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 273 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.