Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubumbashi weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Lubumbashi: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 130 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 38 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (27 km away). In November its highs average 27.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Lubumbashi, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubumbashi ranks joint 28th of 60 for the warmest November highs and 7th of 60 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Lubumbashi is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 130 mm to 226 mm.
The annual picture
November 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kipushi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 27 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 152 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in NovemberZambia · 87 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Chingola in NovemberZambia · 106 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 130 mm rain
- Likasi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 145 mm rain
- Mufulira in NovemberZambia · 129 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.0°C · 134 mm rain
- Kambove in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 130 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Solwezi in NovemberZambia · 131 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 17.4°C · 162 mm rain
- Kalulushi in NovemberZambia · 147 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 124 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.