Kamina climate

Name: Kamina
Address: CD

Kamina is warmest in August, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 17 °C. December is the wettest month (213 mm) and July the driest (0.2 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kamina averages 1,233 mm of rain and 337 days above 25 °C.

Democratic Republic of the Congo · population 200,184 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month August 31 °C
Coldest month July 17 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month December 213 mm
Least cloud July 23 % cloud
Hottest on record September 36 °C
Coldest on record July 12 °C

What to expectKamina through the year

Kamina has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 30 °C in July to 31 °C in August, a swing of 3.5 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 337 days a year reach 25 °C, 85 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. December averages 213 mm against 0 mm in July — 1,277 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	26.3 °C	206 mm	92 %
February	26.8 °C	176 mm	90 %
March	27.0 °C	191 mm	87 %
April	27.4 °C	84 mm	67 %
May	29.1 °C	7 mm	40 %
June	29.5 °C	under 1 mm	26 %
July	29.8 °C	under 1 mm	23 %
August	31.2 °C	3 mm	32 %
September	30.8 °C	34 mm	51 %
October	28.5 °C	118 mm	74 %
November	26.8 °C	201 mm	86 %
December	26.2 °C	213 mm	91 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	26.3 °C	18.3 °C	21.7 °C	30.4 °C	15.8 °C	24	0
February	26.8 °C	18.5 °C	22.0 °C	32.2 °C	16.3 °C	24	1
March	27.0 °C	18.5 °C	22.2 °C	30.9 °C	16.5 °C	28	1
April	27.4 °C	18.7 °C	22.6 °C	30.7 °C	16.1 °C	28	0
May	29.1 °C	18.8 °C	23.7 °C	32.8 °C	14.7 °C	31	7
June	29.5 °C	17.6 °C	23.4 °C	32.3 °C	13.2 °C	30	10
July	29.8 °C	17.5 °C	23.5 °C	33.3 °C	12.2 °C	31	14
August	31.2 °C	19.0 °C	25.1 °C	34.7 °C	15.1 °C	31	25
September	30.8 °C	19.4 °C	24.8 °C	36.2 °C	15.4 °C	30	21
October	28.5 °C	18.9 °C	23.1 °C	35.7 °C	16.0 °C	30	6
November	26.8 °C	18.2 °C	21.9 °C	31.7 °C	16.5 °C	26	1
December	26.2 °C	18.2 °C	21.6 °C	30.2 °C	16.3 °C	24	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	206 mm	25	13 h/day	92 %	83 %	10 km/h
February	176 mm	22	12 h/day	90 %	83 %	9.8 km/h
March	191 mm	24	12 h/day	87 %	83 %	9.4 km/h
April	84 mm	13	12 h/day	67 %	76 %	12 km/h
May	7 mm	2	12 h/day	40 %	54 %	13 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	26 %	37 %	14 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	23 %	32 %	14 km/h
August	3 mm	1	12 h/day	32 %	35 %	14 km/h
September	34 mm	6	12 h/day	51 %	55 %	13 km/h
October	118 mm	19	12 h/day	74 %	74 %	12 km/h
November	201 mm	25	13 h/day	86 %	83 %	9.6 km/h
December	213 mm	27	13 h/day	91 %	84 %	9.6 km/h

How Kamina compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Kamina	31 °C	17 °C	1,233 mm	337
Kolwezi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	30 °C	13 °C	1,041 mm	223
Gandajika · Democratic Republic of the Congo	32 °C	19 °C	1,198 mm	360
Mwene-Ditu · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	18 °C	1,347 mm	351
Mwene · Democratic Republic of the Congo	33 °C	17 °C	1,176 mm	348
Kabinda · Democratic Republic of the Congo	32 °C	19 °C	1,571 mm	352
Likasi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	12 °C	1,122 mm	291

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Kamina.

QuestionsCommon questions about Kamina’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kamina?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. January, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, August is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Kamina get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 85 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kamina?

December, averaging 213 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,233 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Kamina rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -8.735°, 24.998° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.