Kipushi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Kipushi?

Kipushi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,313 mm of precipitation per year.

Q: What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kipushi?

The hottest day measured in Kipushi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 35.7 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Kipushi?

The coldest day measured in Kipushi between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1991, at 6.4 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Kipushi?

Almost never: Kipushi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Q: Has the climate of Kipushi warmed?

Yes: Kipushi warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Kipushi?

The wettest day measured in Kipushi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 2007, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Kipushi?

The windiest day measured in Kipushi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 30.7 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Kipushi?

The warmest month in Kipushi is October (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Kipushi?

Kipushi receives on average 1,313 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Kipushi?

Kipushi gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Kipushi (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,313 mm of precipitation per year.

These figures are normals computed over 86 complete calendar years, from 1940 to 2025, using ERA5 reanalysis data from the Copernicus programme.

The warmest month is October (24.1 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Kipushi averages 0 frost days, 48 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 150 rainy days per year.

Kipushi has warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.08 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 35.7 °C (on 13 October 1941) and the coldest 6.4 °C (on 24 July 1991).

Data from ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus Climate Change Service), redistributed under a CC-BY 4.0 licence. Normals are recomputed whenever the archive is updated.

Climate normals · ERA5

KipushiHaut-Katanga

coords: -11.76°, 27.25°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.5°C

Average daily high

26.5°C

Average daily low

15.7°C

Annual rainfall

1,313mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

64%

Average peak wind

13.3km/h

Seasonal range

6.4°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

48 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

150 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

27.7 °C

Average feels-like low

15.2 °C

Average peak gust

33.6 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

6 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.6 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.7 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.28 · p = < 0.001

19402025

Trend fitted by linear regression (ordinary least squares) on annual means. A trend is shown only when it is statistically significant (p < 0.05).

A climograph overlays rainfall (bars) and temperature (line): the standard reading in climatology, where you can see at a glance whether the warm season is also the dry one.

Records for the period

Hottest day

35.7 °C

13 October 1941

Coldest day

6.4 °C

24 July 1991

Wettest day

58 mm

4 January 2007

Windiest day

30.7 km/h

28 August 2023

Strongest gust

77.4 km/h

22 February 1958

Hottest feels-like

36.8 °C

10 November 1989

Coldest feels-like

2.1 °C

1 July 1994

Sunniest day

12.6 h

18 January 2024

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.3 °C28 October 2025	8.2 °C31 July 2025	20.5 °C	1,205 mm	57
2024	34.6 °C20 October 2024	7.6 °C15 June 2024	21.2 °C	1,022 mm	59
2023	34.3 °C9 October 2023	9.3 °C15 July 2023	21.0 °C	1,498 mm	60
2022	33.8 °C27 October 2022	10.3 °C14 June 2022	20.6 °C	1,685 mm	48
2021	33.8 °C10 October 2021	8.5 °C27 July 2021	20.8 °C	1,278 mm	70
2020	34.0 °C6 November 2020	8.8 °C19 July 2020	20.8 °C	1,534 mm	49
2019	34.3 °C29 October 2019	10.1 °C24 July 2019	21.0 °C	1,313 mm	63
2018	33.5 °C7 November 2018	8.8 °C9 June 2018	20.6 °C	1,242 mm	57
2017	33.3 °C17 October 2017	10.8 °C14 July 2017	20.6 °C	1,262 mm	41
2016	34.5 °C23 October 2016	9.4 °C11 June 2016	21.0 °C	1,219 mm	65
2015	33.4 °C14 October 2015	9.7 °C16 June 2015	20.7 °C	1,306 mm	55
2014	34.4 °C2 October 2014	9.4 °C12 July 2014	20.9 °C	1,097 mm	69
2013	34.2 °C28 September 2013	10.0 °C9 June 2013	20.7 °C	1,213 mm	58
2012	33.9 °C11 October 2012	7.4 °C20 July 2012	20.8 °C	1,188 mm	63
2011	34.1 °C24 October 2011	9.2 °C9 July 2011	20.5 °C	1,214 mm	38
2010	34.9 °C13 October 2010	9.0 °C13 August 2010	21.0 °C	1,252 mm	59
2009	34.1 °C19 September 2009	8.8 °C3 July 2009	20.6 °C	1,258 mm	53
2008	34.6 °C27 September 2008	9.0 °C27 June 2008	20.7 °C	1,182 mm	63
2007	33.9 °C24 September 2007	9.1 °C6 July 2007	21.0 °C	1,376 mm	53
2006	33.7 °C22 October 2006	9.1 °C27 June 2006	20.7 °C	1,170 mm	45
2005	33.1 °C20 October 2005	9.7 °C3 July 2005	21.3 °C	951 mm	78
2004	33.8 °C8 October 2004	9.1 °C8 July 2004	20.5 °C	1,227 mm	52
2003	35.2 °C15 October 2003	8.2 °C9 July 2003	20.8 °C	1,211 mm	62
2002	34.0 °C29 September 2002	9.9 °C19 June 2002	20.8 °C	1,236 mm	44
2001	33.3 °C7 September 2001	9.9 °C27 July 2001	20.6 °C	1,299 mm	56
2000	33.5 °C19 October 2000	9.6 °C8 July 2000	20.8 °C	1,220 mm	59
1999	34.2 °C22 October 1999	10.0 °C24 June 1999	20.7 °C	1,084 mm	43
1998	34.6 °C8 October 1998	10.0 °C15 June 1998	21.5 °C	1,097 mm	83
1997	33.9 °C25 September 1997	9.9 °C17 July 1997	20.9 °C	1,340 mm	49
1996	33.6 °C5 November 1996	6.9 °C3 July 1996	20.7 °C	1,161 mm	70
1995	33.2 °C12 October 1995	6.9 °C30 June 1995	20.8 °C	1,107 mm	65
1994	34.3 °C21 November 1994	6.8 °C1 July 1994	20.5 °C	1,104 mm	51
1993	33.9 °C24 October 1993	7.6 °C17 August 1993	20.4 °C	1,336 mm	44
1992	32.5 °C14 October 1992	8.3 °C4 August 1992	20.6 °C	1,004 mm	46
1991	32.1 °C7 October 1991	6.4 °C24 July 1991	20.1 °C	1,106 mm	22
1990	33.2 °C17 October 1990	6.7 °C13 July 1990	20.5 °C	1,081 mm	48
1989	34.1 °C10 November 1989	6.6 °C18 June 1989	20.3 °C	1,329 mm	48
1988	32.9 °C10 October 1988	9.2 °C14 June 1988	20.7 °C	1,170 mm	39
1987	32.7 °C4 November 1987	8.5 °C28 June 1987	20.9 °C	1,140 mm	59
1986	33.3 °C7 October 1986	7.0 °C17 June 1986	19.9 °C	1,357 mm	20
1985	31.9 °C16 October 1985	8.5 °C14 July 1985	20.0 °C	1,314 mm	33
1984	33.6 °C16 October 1984	9.3 °C18 June 1984	20.3 °C	1,256 mm	52
1983	33.3 °C1 October 1983	9.8 °C23 June 1983	20.9 °C	1,266 mm	40
1982	31.5 °C14 October 1982	8.6 °C17 July 1982	20.2 °C	1,303 mm	24
1981	32.5 °C7 November 1981	8.1 °C18 June 1981	20.2 °C	1,137 mm	53
1980	33.4 °C19 September 1980	9.1 °C10 July 1980	20.3 °C	1,262 mm	34
1979	33.0 °C3 October 1979	8.4 °C6 July 1979	19.7 °C	1,429 mm	34
1978	33.2 °C30 September 1978	8.9 °C7 July 1978	20.2 °C	1,960 mm	45
1977	33.8 °C20 October 1977	8.7 °C12 July 1977	20.3 °C	1,565 mm	31
1976	32.6 °C26 October 1976	7.9 °C28 June 1976	19.7 °C	1,501 mm	23
1975	32.5 °C4 November 1975	7.4 °C26 July 1975	20.0 °C	1,246 mm	37
1974	33.4 °C13 November 1974	7.9 °C17 June 1974	19.7 °C	1,441 mm	42
1973	32.9 °C26 October 1973	8.4 °C16 July 1973	20.1 °C	1,166 mm	34
1972	33.2 °C21 September 1972	9.1 °C20 June 1972	19.9 °C	1,403 mm	28
1971	32.3 °C5 October 1971	9.6 °C2 June 1971	19.9 °C	1,354 mm	24
1970	33.1 °C28 September 1970	9.0 °C5 July 1970	20.1 °C	1,460 mm	24
1969	33.0 °C3 October 1969	8.7 °C25 July 1969	20.3 °C	1,660 mm	30
1968	34.1 °C4 October 1968	7.3 °C17 June 1968	20.0 °C	1,247 mm	38
1967	33.6 °C3 October 1967	8.7 °C21 July 1967	20.2 °C	1,282 mm	28
1966	32.9 °C27 September 1966	8.9 °C29 July 1966	20.5 °C	1,208 mm	42
1965	32.8 °C25 September 1965	8.8 °C5 July 1965	20.1 °C	1,171 mm	48
1964	32.8 °C2 October 1964	8.1 °C29 June 1964	20.3 °C	1,368 mm	29
1963	32.3 °C8 September 1963	9.5 °C7 June 1963	20.4 °C	1,597 mm	33
1962	33.2 °C2 November 1962	10.5 °C27 June 1962	20.5 °C	1,596 mm	50
1961	33.9 °C16 October 1961	8.5 °C11 August 1961	19.9 °C	1,647 mm	41
1960	31.9 °C10 October 1960	8.3 °C27 July 1960	19.8 °C	1,253 mm	28
1959	32.5 °C18 October 1959	9.9 °C9 June 1959	19.9 °C	1,685 mm	28
1958	32.6 °C10 September 1958	8.0 °C13 August 1958	20.0 °C	1,623 mm	22
1957	32.7 °C22 October 1957	7.9 °C31 May 1957	19.9 °C	1,813 mm	50
1956	33.8 °C15 October 1956	9.0 °C28 July 1956	20.0 °C	1,636 mm	57
1955	34.0 °C6 October 1955	9.6 °C11 August 1955	20.1 °C	1,399 mm	47
1954	34.5 °C24 October 1954	8.3 °C22 June 1954	21.3 °C	725 mm	88
1953	34.1 °C30 October 1953	8.4 °C14 June 1953	20.1 °C	1,847 mm	55
1952	34.5 °C12 October 1952	10.4 °C6 August 1952	20.7 °C	1,288 mm	66
1951	33.9 °C8 October 1951	9.2 °C14 July 1951	20.6 °C	1,230 mm	61
1950	32.8 °C16 October 1950	8.8 °C12 June 1950	19.9 °C	1,419 mm	34
1949	34.1 °C31 October 1949	9.3 °C8 June 1949	20.5 °C	1,326 mm	63
1948	34.4 °C12 October 1948	9.8 °C5 July 1948	20.3 °C	1,546 mm	43
1947	34.1 °C14 October 1947	9.1 °C2 July 1947	20.3 °C	1,384 mm	55
1946	32.7 °C5 October 1946	8.7 °C18 June 1946	20.4 °C	1,302 mm	59
1945	33.9 °C7 October 1945	9.7 °C5 July 1945	20.5 °C	1,365 mm	63
1944	35.2 °C20 September 1944	9.9 °C15 July 1944	20.5 °C	1,129 mm	64
1943	33.7 °C11 October 1943	8.9 °C27 July 1943	20.5 °C	1,143 mm	62
1942	34.0 °C14 October 1942	9.7 °C28 July 1942	20.6 °C	1,273 mm	62
1941	35.7 °C13 October 1941	9.8 °C25 June 1941	20.6 °C	1,227 mm	52
1940	33.2 °C5 October 1940	8.7 °C18 July 1940	20.0 °C	1,378 mm	34

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

26.8 °C

+0.3 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

57 d/yr

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1205 mm

-108 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	25.4 °C	+0.4 °C	325 mm	+37 mm
Feb	26.8 °C	+1.5 °C	192 mm	-64 mm
Mar	26.7 °C	+1.3 °C	139 mm	-76 mm
Apr	26.3 °C	+0.7 °C	78 mm	+19 mm
May	24.9 °C	-1.1 °C	25 mm	+19 mm
Jun	25.0 °C	+0.1 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Jul	23.9 °C	-0.9 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Aug	27.2 °C	-0.2 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	30.7 °C	+0.5 °C	2 mm	-1 mm
Oct	31.3 °C	+0.6 °C	9 mm	-32 mm
Nov	27.7 °C	+0.4 °C	157 mm	-20 mm
Dec	25.4 °C	0.0 °C	277 mm	+11 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.3 °C

28 Oct 2025

Coldest day

8.2 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

32.6 mm

6 Feb 2025

Windiest day

22.9 km/h

23 May 2025

Strongest gust

52.6 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Hottest feels-like

34.5 °C

17 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.4 °C

3 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.6 h

11 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Kipushi?

Kipushi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.5 °C and it receives 1,313 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Kipushi?

The hottest day measured in Kipushi between 1940 and 2025 was 13 October 1941, reaching 35.7 °C.

What is the coldest day in Kipushi?

The coldest day measured in Kipushi between 1940 and 2025 was 24 July 1991, at 6.4 °C.

Does it snow in Kipushi?

Almost never: Kipushi sees virtually no snow, with about 0 frost days per year.

Has the climate of Kipushi warmed?

Yes: Kipushi warmed by +0.7 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Kipushi?

The wettest day measured in Kipushi between 1940 and 2025 was 4 January 2007, with 58 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Kipushi?

The windiest day measured in Kipushi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 30.7 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Kipushi?

The warmest month in Kipushi is October (24.1 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Kipushi?

Kipushi receives on average 1,313 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 150 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Kipushi?

Kipushi gets on average 10.5 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,833 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Kipushi?

Yes: Kipushi has on average 6 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Kipushi?

In Kipushi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 10 November 1989, and the lowest was 2.1 °C on 1 July 1994.

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