Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with every day graded against ~46 years of local climate history (1980–2026). Its warmest month is October, averaging a high of 31°C, and its coldest is July, with an average low of 11°C.
Lubumbashi, formerly Élisabethville, is the second-largest city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, located in the southeasternmost part of the country, near the border with Zambia. via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-10-10. Each reading placed on Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Lubumbashi average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo, based on 1980–2026 records. The wettest month is January (8 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26°C | 18°C | 8 mm |
| February | 26°C | 18°C | 8 mm |
| March | 27°C | 17°C | 5 mm |
| April | 26°C | 17°C | 3 mm |
| May | 27°C | 15°C | 0 mm |
| June | 25°C | 12°C | 0 mm |
| July | 25°C | 11°C | 0 mm |
| August | 28°C | 13°C | 0 mm |
| September | 31°C | 17°C | 0 mm |
| October | 31°C | 19°C | 0 mm |
| November | 29°C | 18°C | 5 mm |
| December | 26°C | 18°C | 8 mm |
Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.
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Record extremes
- Hottest day on record: 35°C on 2003-10-15
- Coldest day on record: 6°C on 1991-07-21
Percentiles compare each day to Lubumbashi, Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →