Lubumbashi climate — normals and trends

Q: What is the climate of Lubumbashi?

Lubumbashi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,148 mm of precipitation per year.

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

The hottest day measured in Lubumbashi between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1941, reaching 36.3 °C.

Q: What is the coldest day in Lubumbashi?

The coldest day measured in Lubumbashi between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1991, at 5.8 °C.

Q: Does it snow in Lubumbashi?

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

Q: Has the climate of Lubumbashi warmed?

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

Q: What is the wettest day in Lubumbashi?

The wettest day measured in Lubumbashi between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2003, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

Q: What was the windiest day in Lubumbashi?

The windiest day measured in Lubumbashi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 30.3 km/h.

Q: What is the warmest month in Lubumbashi?

The warmest month in Lubumbashi is October (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.7 °C).

Q: How much does it rain in Lubumbashi?

Lubumbashi receives on average 1,148 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.

Q: Is it sunny in Lubumbashi?

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

Lubumbashi (Democratic Republic of Congo) has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Cwa) under the Köppen-Geiger classification. Its mean annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,148 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 (24.5 °C on average) and the coldest is July (17.7 °C). Rainfall peaks in January.

Lubumbashi averages 0 frost days, 59 hot days (≥ 30 °C) and 144 rainy days per year.

Lubumbashi has warmed by +0.8 °C between 1940 and 2025, or +0.10 °C per decade. This trend is statistically significant.

The hottest day of the period reached 36.3 °C (on 12 October 1941) and the coldest 5.8 °C (on 21 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

LubumbashiHaut-Katanga

coords: -11.66°, 27.48°
period: 1940–2025 · 86 yrs

CwaHumid subtropical, dry winterWarmest monthOctoberColdest monthJulyWettest monthJanuaryDriest monthJuly

Mean daily temperature

20.8°C

Average daily high

27.1°C

Average daily low

15.8°C

Annual rainfall

1,148mm

Sunshine / day

10.5h

Mean relative humidity

64%

Average peak wind

12.9km/h

Seasonal range

6.8°C

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

59 d/yr

Rainy days (≥ 1 mm)

144 d/yr

Annual snowfall

0.0 cm

Average feels-like high

28.4 °C

Average feels-like low

15.5 °C

Average peak gust

31.5 km/h

Tropical nights (≥ 20 °C)

7 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 = 0.35 · 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

36.3 °C

12 October 1941

Coldest day

5.8 °C

21 July 1991

Wettest day

79 mm

27 February 2003

Windiest day

30.3 km/h

28 August 2023

Strongest gust

74.2 km/h

22 February 1958

Hottest feels-like

37.0 °C

25 September 1972

Coldest feels-like

2.6 °C

13 July 1990

Sunniest day

12.6 h

14 January 2012

Year	Hottest day	Coldest day	Annual mean	Rainfall	Hot days
2025	34.0 °C28 October 2025	7.9 °C31 July 2025	20.8 °C	1,081 mm	69
2024	35.0 °C20 October 2024	7.1 °C15 June 2024	21.6 °C	929 mm	75
2023	34.5 °C9 October 2023	8.9 °C15 July 2023	21.4 °C	1,316 mm	70
2022	34.5 °C27 October 2022	10.4 °C14 June 2022	21.0 °C	1,527 mm	57
2021	34.7 °C10 October 2021	8.6 °C27 July 2021	21.3 °C	1,063 mm	93
2020	34.7 °C6 November 2020	8.5 °C7 July 2020	21.2 °C	1,272 mm	59
2019	34.8 °C29 October 2019	9.7 °C29 June 2019	21.4 °C	1,175 mm	77
2018	34.1 °C7 November 2018	8.1 °C9 June 2018	21.0 °C	1,073 mm	69
2017	34.7 °C18 October 2017	10.0 °C16 July 2017	21.0 °C	1,122 mm	49
2016	34.8 °C9 October 2016	8.8 °C11 June 2016	21.3 °C	1,104 mm	74
2015	34.1 °C14 October 2015	9.1 °C16 June 2015	21.1 °C	1,158 mm	70
2014	34.8 °C2 October 2014	8.8 °C13 July 2014	21.3 °C	947 mm	82
2013	34.7 °C28 September 2013	9.5 °C8 June 2013	21.1 °C	1,020 mm	72
2012	34.4 °C11 October 2012	6.7 °C20 July 2012	21.1 °C	1,095 mm	74
2011	34.8 °C24 October 2011	9.4 °C3 July 2011	20.8 °C	1,085 mm	45
2010	35.4 °C13 October 2010	9.2 °C13 August 2010	21.4 °C	1,118 mm	69
2009	34.6 °C19 September 2009	9.0 °C3 July 2009	20.9 °C	1,096 mm	61
2008	35.1 °C30 October 2008	8.3 °C2 July 2008	21.0 °C	1,001 mm	73
2007	34.6 °C24 September 2007	8.6 °C6 July 2007	21.3 °C	1,250 mm	65
2006	34.2 °C22 October 2006	8.5 °C7 June 2006	21.0 °C	991 mm	52
2005	33.7 °C22 October 2005	9.8 °C3 July 2005	21.7 °C	801 mm	89
2004	34.4 °C8 October 2004	8.9 °C9 July 2004	20.9 °C	1,053 mm	70
2003	35.5 °C15 October 2003	8.2 °C9 July 2003	21.1 °C	1,116 mm	73
2002	34.6 °C30 September 2002	9.2 °C19 June 2002	21.1 °C	1,086 mm	61
2001	33.7 °C7 September 2001	9.2 °C27 July 2001	21.0 °C	1,149 mm	71
2000	34.0 °C27 October 2000	9.6 °C7 July 2000	21.2 °C	1,058 mm	63
1999	34.8 °C23 October 1999	8.9 °C24 June 1999	21.1 °C	897 mm	60
1998	35.0 °C8 October 1998	8.9 °C15 June 1998	21.8 °C	979 mm	94
1997	34.3 °C25 September 1997	9.5 °C17 July 1997	21.2 °C	1,172 mm	57
1996	34.1 °C25 October 1996	6.1 °C3 July 1996	21.1 °C	1,038 mm	83
1995	33.8 °C20 October 1995	6.4 °C4 July 1995	21.1 °C	958 mm	84
1994	34.4 °C21 November 1994	6.5 °C15 July 1994	20.9 °C	1,012 mm	63
1993	34.4 °C24 October 1993	7.2 °C17 August 1993	20.8 °C	1,109 mm	51
1992	33.4 °C14 October 1992	8.0 °C4 August 1992	21.1 °C	828 mm	62
1991	32.7 °C7 October 1991	5.8 °C21 July 1991	20.5 °C	915 mm	43
1990	34.5 °C21 November 1990	5.9 °C13 July 1990	20.9 °C	935 mm	61
1989	34.7 °C10 November 1989	6.1 °C18 June 1989	20.6 °C	1,206 mm	63
1988	33.5 °C11 October 1988	8.7 °C14 June 1988	21.1 °C	1,082 mm	50
1987	33.5 °C4 November 1987	8.0 °C28 June 1987	21.3 °C	982 mm	74
1986	33.7 °C7 October 1986	6.4 °C17 June 1986	20.3 °C	1,192 mm	29
1985	32.6 °C16 October 1985	7.9 °C3 August 1985	20.4 °C	1,170 mm	42
1984	34.4 °C16 October 1984	9.4 °C18 June 1984	20.7 °C	1,127 mm	60
1983	33.8 °C1 October 1983	9.3 °C27 July 1983	21.2 °C	1,132 mm	52
1982	32.7 °C16 October 1982	8.8 °C17 July 1982	20.6 °C	1,100 mm	33
1981	33.5 °C7 November 1981	7.7 °C20 July 1981	20.6 °C	933 mm	64
1980	33.8 °C19 September 1980	9.0 °C27 June 1980	20.7 °C	1,096 mm	47
1979	33.7 °C3 October 1979	7.8 °C6 July 1979	20.1 °C	1,282 mm	51
1978	33.9 °C30 September 1978	8.6 °C17 June 1978	20.6 °C	1,719 mm	50
1977	34.1 °C20 October 1977	7.9 °C12 July 1977	20.6 °C	1,383 mm	52
1976	33.0 °C26 October 1976	7.2 °C28 June 1976	20.0 °C	1,340 mm	36
1975	33.0 °C4 November 1975	6.7 °C26 July 1975	20.4 °C	1,095 mm	48
1974	33.8 °C13 November 1974	7.2 °C17 June 1974	20.0 °C	1,328 mm	63
1973	33.7 °C26 October 1973	7.8 °C16 July 1973	20.5 °C	985 mm	47
1972	33.6 °C30 September 1972	8.2 °C26 July 1972	20.3 °C	1,180 mm	40
1971	32.7 °C1 October 1971	8.7 °C13 June 1971	20.2 °C	1,255 mm	30
1970	33.8 °C28 September 1970	7.8 °C5 July 1970	20.5 °C	1,305 mm	33
1969	33.5 °C3 October 1969	8.1 °C25 July 1969	20.7 °C	1,402 mm	38
1968	34.6 °C4 October 1968	6.3 °C17 June 1968	20.4 °C	1,092 mm	48
1967	34.1 °C3 October 1967	7.9 °C20 July 1967	20.6 °C	1,089 mm	36
1966	33.3 °C27 September 1966	7.9 °C29 July 1966	20.9 °C	1,023 mm	57
1965	33.3 °C25 September 1965	7.9 °C5 July 1965	20.4 °C	1,070 mm	58
1964	33.1 °C2 October 1964	7.0 °C29 June 1964	20.7 °C	1,093 mm	35
1963	32.7 °C8 September 1963	8.7 °C7 June 1963	20.7 °C	1,341 mm	50
1962	33.5 °C1 November 1962	9.5 °C27 June 1962	20.8 °C	1,343 mm	55
1961	34.3 °C16 October 1961	8.3 °C11 August 1961	20.2 °C	1,467 mm	47
1960	32.4 °C9 October 1960	8.4 °C27 July 1960	20.2 °C	1,089 mm	39
1959	32.8 °C18 October 1959	9.7 °C24 July 1959	20.3 °C	1,550 mm	35
1958	33.0 °C10 September 1958	7.9 °C23 July 1958	20.4 °C	1,469 mm	39
1957	33.3 °C22 October 1957	7.5 °C30 May 1957	20.2 °C	1,595 mm	66
1956	34.1 °C15 October 1956	8.0 °C28 July 1956	20.3 °C	1,382 mm	60
1955	34.2 °C5 October 1955	8.6 °C11 August 1955	20.4 °C	1,267 mm	59
1954	34.9 °C15 October 1954	8.0 °C23 June 1954	21.4 °C	636 mm	97
1953	34.6 °C28 October 1953	7.7 °C14 June 1953	20.4 °C	1,538 mm	63
1952	35.0 °C12 October 1952	9.6 °C16 July 1952	20.9 °C	1,103 mm	68
1951	34.3 °C2 October 1951	8.2 °C14 July 1951	20.9 °C	1,093 mm	65
1950	33.1 °C16 October 1950	8.7 °C20 August 1950	20.2 °C	1,260 mm	41
1949	34.5 °C31 October 1949	8.8 °C8 June 1949	20.9 °C	1,120 mm	67
1948	34.8 °C12 October 1948	9.1 °C15 July 1948	20.6 °C	1,319 mm	50
1947	34.5 °C14 October 1947	8.3 °C2 July 1947	20.6 °C	1,184 mm	61
1946	33.3 °C11 October 1946	8.1 °C19 June 1946	20.6 °C	1,149 mm	64
1945	34.4 °C28 October 1945	8.7 °C5 July 1945	20.8 °C	1,256 mm	77
1944	35.5 °C20 September 1944	9.3 °C14 July 1944	20.8 °C	993 mm	73
1943	34.2 °C26 October 1943	8.0 °C27 July 1943	20.8 °C	995 mm	83
1942	34.5 °C14 October 1942	9.3 °C28 July 1942	20.9 °C	1,044 mm	70
1941	36.3 °C12 October 1941	8.9 °C25 June 1941	20.9 °C	1,068 mm	53
1940	33.8 °C5 October 1940	7.5 °C18 July 1940	20.2 °C	1,276 mm	46

Normals computed over complete calendar years 1940–2025.

A specific year

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Year

Across the whole year

Average daily high

27.3 °C

+0.2 °C

Hot days (≥ 30 °C)

69 d/yr

+10

Frost days (< 0 °C)

0 d/yr

Annual rainfall

1081 mm

-67 mm

Month by month

	High	vs. normal	Precipitation	vs. normal
Jan	26.0 °C	+0.4 °C	302 mm	+44 mm
Feb	27.3 °C	+1.4 °C	149 mm	-83 mm
Mar	27.4 °C	+1.4 °C	134 mm	-52 mm
Apr	26.9 °C	+0.6 °C	70 mm	+22 mm
May	25.5 °C	-1.0 °C	19 mm	+15 mm
Jun	25.6 °C	+0.3 °C	1 mm	+0 mm
Jul	24.5 °C	-0.8 °C	0 mm	0 mm
Aug	27.7 °C	-0.1 °C	0 mm	-0 mm
Sep	31.2 °C	+0.5 °C	1 mm	-2 mm
Oct	31.8 °C	+0.5 °C	6 mm	-26 mm
Nov	28.3 °C	+0.2 °C	151 mm	+0 mm
Dec	26.1 °C	0.0 °C	250 mm	+15 mm

The year's extremes

Hottest day

34.0 °C

28 Oct 2025

Coldest day

7.9 °C

31 Jul 2025

Wettest day

29.8 mm

6 Feb 2025

Windiest day

23.1 km/h

9 Jul 2025

Strongest gust

49.0 km/h

27 Jan 2025

Hottest feels-like

35.7 °C

29 Nov 2025

Coldest feels-like

4.8 °C

3 Aug 2025

Sunniest day

12.5 h

18 Jan 2025

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Frequently asked questions

What is the climate of Lubumbashi?

Lubumbashi has a humid subtropical, dry winter climate (Köppen Cwa). Over 1940-2025, the average annual temperature is 20.8 °C and it receives 1,148 mm of precipitation per year.

What is the hottest day ever recorded in Lubumbashi?

The hottest day measured in Lubumbashi between 1940 and 2025 was 12 October 1941, reaching 36.3 °C.

What is the coldest day in Lubumbashi?

The coldest day measured in Lubumbashi between 1940 and 2025 was 21 July 1991, at 5.8 °C.

Does it snow in Lubumbashi?

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

Has the climate of Lubumbashi warmed?

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

What is the wettest day in Lubumbashi?

The wettest day measured in Lubumbashi between 1940 and 2025 was 27 February 2003, with 79 mm of rain in 24 hours.

What was the windiest day in Lubumbashi?

The windiest day measured in Lubumbashi between 1940 and 2025 was 28 August 2023, with winds reaching 30.3 km/h.

What is the warmest month in Lubumbashi?

The warmest month in Lubumbashi is October (24.5 °C on average); the coldest is July (17.7 °C).

How much does it rain in Lubumbashi?

Lubumbashi receives on average 1,148 mm of precipitation per year, spread over about 144 rainy days.

Is it sunny in Lubumbashi?

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

Are there tropical nights in Lubumbashi?

Yes: Lubumbashi has on average 7 tropical nights per year (temperature staying above 20 °C), over 1940-2025.

What was the most extreme apparent temperature in Lubumbashi?

In Lubumbashi, between 1940 and 2025, the highest apparent temperature reached 37.0 °C on 25 September 1972, and the lowest was 2.6 °C on 13 July 1990.

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