Climate averages 1991–2020
Lubumbashi weather
in October.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Lubumbashi: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 25 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes October a fairly dry month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kipushi (27 km away). In October its highs average 31.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Lubumbashi, with 31 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lubumbashi ranks 2nd of 60 for the warmest October highs and 1st of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Lubumbashi is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.9°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 25 mm to 130 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kipushi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 27 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Chililabombwe in OctoberZambia · 87 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Chingola in OctoberZambia · 106 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Likasi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Mufulira in OctoberZambia · 129 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 19.7°C · 17 mm rain
- Kambove in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 130 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Solwezi in OctoberZambia · 131 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 31 mm rain
- Kalulushi in OctoberZambia · 147 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 17 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.