Likasi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Likasi?

Likasi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,235 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Likasi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 2003, reaching 36.0 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Likasi?

The coldest day measured in Likasi between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1991, at 5.6 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Likasi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Likasi warmed?

Yes: Likasi warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

Q: What is the wettest day in Likasi?

The wettest day measured in Likasi between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1948, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Likasi?

The windiest day measured in Likasi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1958, with winds reaching 27.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Likasi?

The warmest month in Likasi is October (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.4 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Likasi?

Likasi receives on average 1,235 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Likasi?

Likasi gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Likasi (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a tropical savanna climate (Aw) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,235 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 (24.0 °C on average) and the coldest is July (18.4 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Likasi averages 0 frost days, 54 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 154 rainy days per year.

Likasi has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.09 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.0 °C (on 15 October 2003) and the coldest 5.6 °C (on 23 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

LikasiHaut-Katanga

coords: -10.98°, 26.74°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

AwTropical savannaWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.8°C

Average daily high

27.0°C

Average daily low

16.1°C

Annual rainfall

1,235mm

Sunshine / day

10.4h

Mean relative humidity

65%

Average peak wind

11.7km/h

Seasonal range

5.6°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

54 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

154 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.5 °C

Average feels-like low

15.9 °C

Average peak gust

32.2 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

5 d/yr

Solar radiation

20.7 MJ/m²

Has the climate changed?

One stripe per year, 1940 to 2025

+0.8 °C

since 1940

+0.1 °C per decade · r² = 0.32 · 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

36.0 °C

15 October 2003

Coldest day

5.6 °C

23 July 1991

Wettest day

78 mm

24 January 1948

Windiest day

27.3 km/h

22 February 1958

Strongest gust

70.9 km/h

22 February 1958

Hottest feels-like

36.8 °C

30 September 2024

Coldest feels-like

3.0 °C

23 July 1991

Sunniest day

12.6 h

10 January 2022

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	33.8 °C4 November 2025	9.2 °C12 July 2025	21.0 °C	1,180 mm	68
2024	34.9 °C27 September 2024	8.7 °C8 July 2024	21.7 °C	1,056 mm	72
2023	34.7 °C8 October 2023	10.6 °C15 July 2023	21.5 °C	1,348 mm	62
2022	33.2 °C26 October 2022	10.5 °C29 June 2022	20.9 °C	1,579 mm	55
2021	33.8 °C11 November 2021	9.4 °C27 July 2021	21.1 °C	1,214 mm	68
2020	34.2 °C6 November 2020	9.5 °C19 July 2020	21.1 °C	1,531 mm	57
2019	34.0 °C4 November 2019	10.7 °C24 July 2019	21.5 °C	1,150 mm	70
2018	33.3 °C27 September 2018	10.0 °C9 June 2018	21.1 °C	1,206 mm	65
2017	33.2 °C17 October 2017	11.3 °C14 July 2017	21.0 °C	1,204 mm	48
2016	35.1 °C17 October 2016	10.2 °C11 June 2016	21.5 °C	1,123 mm	72
2015	33.8 °C12 October 2015	10.9 °C17 July 2015	21.2 °C	1,222 mm	66
2014	34.0 °C15 October 2014	10.4 °C12 July 2014	21.3 °C	1,150 mm	66
2013	34.6 °C28 September 2013	10.4 °C9 June 2013	21.2 °C	1,181 mm	64
2012	34.5 °C11 October 2012	8.6 °C20 July 2012	21.2 °C	1,070 mm	69
2011	33.2 °C24 October 2011	10.3 °C1 July 2011	20.9 °C	1,216 mm	48
2010	34.4 °C4 October 2010	10.5 °C13 August 2010	21.5 °C	1,108 mm	65
2009	34.3 °C28 September 2009	10.2 °C3 July 2009	21.2 °C	1,223 mm	59
2008	35.2 °C27 September 2008	10.4 °C27 June 2008	21.2 °C	1,027 mm	69
2007	34.8 °C25 September 2007	10.2 °C6 July 2007	21.4 °C	1,344 mm	61
2006	34.7 °C22 October 2006	10.3 °C7 June 2006	21.1 °C	1,082 mm	55
2005	33.8 °C11 October 2005	11.0 °C3 July 2005	21.7 °C	897 mm	83
2004	34.7 °C8 October 2004	10.2 °C8 July 2004	21.0 °C	1,098 mm	64
2003	36.0 °C15 October 2003	9.4 °C9 July 2003	21.3 °C	1,040 mm	71
2002	34.6 °C29 September 2002	10.6 °C19 June 2002	21.2 °C	1,204 mm	54
2001	33.9 °C7 September 2001	11.2 °C18 June 2001	21.1 °C	1,058 mm	65
2000	33.8 °C11 October 2000	10.6 °C8 July 2000	21.2 °C	1,200 mm	59
1999	33.4 °C22 October 1999	11.0 °C29 June 1999	21.0 °C	964 mm	44
1998	35.1 °C8 October 1998	10.6 °C15 June 1998	21.8 °C	1,197 mm	92
1997	34.7 °C25 September 1997	10.7 °C7 May 1997	21.3 °C	1,351 mm	63
1996	33.6 °C25 October 1996	8.0 °C3 July 1996	21.2 °C	1,194 mm	85
1995	33.1 °C18 September 1995	8.1 °C30 June 1995	21.2 °C	1,185 mm	80
1994	33.5 °C28 September 1994	7.5 °C14 June 1994	20.7 °C	1,221 mm	44
1993	34.3 °C26 October 1993	9.0 °C17 August 1993	20.8 °C	1,257 mm	45
1992	32.9 °C8 October 1992	9.4 °C5 July 1992	20.9 °C	1,010 mm	53
1991	32.6 °C7 October 1991	5.6 °C23 July 1991	20.5 °C	1,123 mm	27
1990	33.2 °C11 November 1990	7.2 °C13 July 1990	20.8 °C	1,051 mm	50
1989	34.0 °C8 November 1989	7.3 °C18 June 1989	20.6 °C	1,376 mm	55
1988	33.1 °C10 October 1988	9.4 °C18 July 1988	21.0 °C	1,129 mm	41
1987	32.8 °C25 September 1987	9.4 °C28 June 1987	21.2 °C	1,114 mm	49
1986	32.1 °C7 October 1986	8.0 °C17 June 1986	20.3 °C	1,182 mm	28
1985	31.7 °C3 October 1985	8.8 °C20 July 1985	20.4 °C	1,169 mm	38
1984	33.7 °C16 October 1984	10.6 °C19 July 1984	20.7 °C	1,146 mm	52
1983	33.7 °C1 October 1983	9.8 °C27 July 1983	21.2 °C	1,049 mm	43
1982	32.2 °C11 September 1982	9.6 °C17 July 1982	20.6 °C	1,254 mm	26
1981	32.8 °C3 October 1981	8.8 °C20 July 1981	20.6 °C	982 mm	59
1980	34.1 °C20 September 1980	10.0 °C12 July 1980	20.8 °C	1,293 mm	37
1979	33.7 °C3 October 1979	8.7 °C6 July 1979	20.2 °C	1,372 mm	43
1978	33.0 °C18 October 1978	9.9 °C7 July 1978	20.6 °C	1,769 mm	49
1977	33.1 °C20 October 1977	9.2 °C10 July 1977	20.7 °C	1,333 mm	45
1976	32.3 °C15 October 1976	9.3 °C27 June 1976	20.0 °C	1,480 mm	27
1975	31.9 °C26 October 1975	8.0 °C26 July 1975	20.4 °C	1,186 mm	42
1974	32.5 °C23 October 1974	7.7 °C17 June 1974	20.1 °C	1,242 mm	50
1973	34.2 °C28 October 1973	8.7 °C17 July 1973	20.6 °C	1,098 mm	40
1972	32.6 °C21 September 1972	10.0 °C24 June 1972	20.2 °C	1,435 mm	26
1971	33.4 °C5 October 1971	9.9 °C16 July 1971	20.3 °C	1,225 mm	30
1970	32.6 °C27 September 1970	9.9 °C5 July 1970	20.6 °C	1,387 mm	29
1969	32.3 °C25 September 1969	9.9 °C25 July 1969	20.8 °C	1,300 mm	34
1968	34.3 °C5 October 1968	8.1 °C17 June 1968	20.5 °C	1,342 mm	55
1967	33.6 °C3 October 1967	9.7 °C21 July 1967	20.6 °C	1,212 mm	37
1966	33.2 °C6 October 1966	9.8 °C29 July 1966	20.8 °C	1,145 mm	44
1965	32.7 °C20 September 1965	9.6 °C5 July 1965	20.4 °C	1,200 mm	47
1964	33.4 °C1 October 1964	9.4 °C29 June 1964	20.7 °C	1,285 mm	23
1963	32.9 °C8 September 1963	10.3 °C7 June 1963	20.7 °C	1,535 mm	40
1962	33.4 °C3 November 1962	11.1 °C7 May 1962	20.8 °C	1,379 mm	49
1961	33.8 °C16 October 1961	9.5 °C13 August 1961	20.3 °C	1,524 mm	40
1960	32.6 °C11 October 1960	8.8 °C25 July 1960	20.2 °C	1,302 mm	33
1959	32.9 °C1 October 1959	10.0 °C9 June 1959	20.4 °C	1,682 mm	30
1958	33.2 °C10 September 1958	8.7 °C23 June 1958	20.4 °C	1,483 mm	25
1957	32.5 °C11 September 1957	8.6 °C19 June 1957	20.1 °C	1,706 mm	48
1956	34.0 °C16 October 1956	9.7 °C28 July 1956	20.4 °C	1,415 mm	63
1955	34.4 °C5 October 1955	10.5 °C11 August 1955	20.4 °C	1,319 mm	57
1954	34.6 °C23 October 1954	8.9 °C22 June 1954	21.5 °C	736 mm	97
1953	33.6 °C1 October 1953	9.8 °C14 June 1953	20.6 °C	1,599 mm	63
1952	34.5 °C12 October 1952	11.2 °C16 July 1952	21.0 °C	1,178 mm	69
1951	34.3 °C8 October 1951	9.9 °C14 July 1951	20.8 °C	1,256 mm	61
1950	32.9 °C13 October 1950	9.8 °C19 June 1950	20.3 °C	1,314 mm	41
1949	34.6 °C1 November 1949	9.7 °C8 June 1949	20.8 °C	1,075 mm	68
1948	33.9 °C30 September 1948	10.6 °C16 July 1948	20.7 °C	1,422 mm	49
1947	34.2 °C14 October 1947	9.3 °C2 July 1947	20.8 °C	1,300 mm	62
1946	33.0 °C4 October 1946	9.3 °C18 June 1946	20.8 °C	1,217 mm	61
1945	33.9 °C5 October 1945	10.2 °C6 July 1945	20.9 °C	1,258 mm	73
1944	35.3 °C20 September 1944	10.7 °C13 July 1944	21.0 °C	1,067 mm	77
1943	34.1 °C13 October 1943	9.3 °C27 July 1943	20.9 °C	877 mm	63
1942	34.4 °C23 October 1942	10.3 °C16 July 1942	21.1 °C	1,045 mm	76
1941	35.7 °C12 October 1941	9.8 °C25 June 1941	21.1 °C	1,249 mm	58
1940	33.1 °C13 October 1940	9.8 °C18 July 1940	20.3 °C	1,300 mm	42

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.4 °C

+0.4 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

68 d/yr

+14

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1180 mm

-55 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.0 °C	+0.6 °C	250 mm	-13 mm
Feb	27.4 °C	+1.7 °C	198 mm	-41 mm
Mar	27.2 °C	+1.4 °C	180 mm	-32 mm
Apr	26.7 °C	+0.7 °C	93 mm	+28 mm
May	25.3 °C	-1.4 °C	16 mm	+10 mm
Jun	25.8 °C	+0.1 °C	0 mm	+0 mm
Jul	24.7 °C	-1.0 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	28.0 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-1 mm
Sep	31.5 °C	+0.7 °C	0 mm	-5 mm
Oct	31.7 °C	+1.0 °C	11 mm	-37 mm
Nov	28.1 °C	+0.7 °C	173 mm	+9 mm
Dec	26.3 °C	+0.5 °C	258 mm	+25 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

33.8 °C

4 Nov 2025

Coldest day

9.2 °C

12 Jul 2025

Wettest day

27.3 mm

15 Mar 2025

Windiest day

20.8 km/h

23 May 2025

Strongest gust

50.4 km/h

1 Oct 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.8 °C

5 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

5.5 °C

3 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.3 h

13 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Likasi?

Likasi has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,235 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Likasi?

The hottest day measured in Likasi between 1940 and 2025 was 15 October 2003, reaching 36.0 °C.

What is the coldest day in Likasi?

The coldest day measured in Likasi between 1940 and 2025 was 23 July 1991, at 5.6 °C.

Does it snow in Likasi?

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

Has the climate of Likasi warmed?

Yes: Likasi warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, a statistically significant trend.

What is the wettest day in Likasi?

The wettest day measured in Likasi between 1940 and 2025 was 24 January 1948, with 78 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Likasi?

The windiest day measured in Likasi between 1940 and 2025 was 22 February 1958, with winds reaching 27.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Likasi?

The warmest month in Likasi is October (24.0 °C on average); the coldest is July (18.4 °C).

How much does it rain in Likasi?

Likasi receives on average 1,235 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 154 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Likasi?

Likasi gets on average 10.4 hours of sunshine per day, roughly 3,796 hours per year over 1940-2025.

Are there tropical nights in Likasi?

Yes: Likasi has on average 5 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Likasi?

In Likasi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 36.8 °C on 30 September 2024, and the lowest was 3.0 °C on 23 July 1991.

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