Kipushi climate

Name: Kipushi
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Kipushi is warmest in October, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 11 °C. January is the wettest month (278 mm) and July the driest (0.07 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kipushi averages 1,174 mm of rain and 253 days above 25 °C.

Democratic Republic of the Congo · population 169,635 · 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 October 31 °C
Coldest month July 11 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 278 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record October 35 °C
Coldest on record June 7.1 °C

What to expectKipushi through the year

Kipushi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in July to 31 °C in October, a swing of 6.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 253 days a year reach 25 °C, 53 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 278 mm against 0 mm in July — 3,970 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	24.9 °C	278 mm	91 %
February	25.1 °C	229 mm	89 %
March	25.2 °C	194 mm	79 %
April	25.3 °C	42 mm	54 %
May	26.2 °C	3 mm	30 %
June	25.0 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
July	24.9 °C	under 1 mm	16 %
August	27.6 °C	under 1 mm	19 %
September	30.5 °C	3 mm	29 %
October	31.0 °C	30 mm	50 %
November	27.9 °C	145 mm	75 %
December	25.2 °C	250 mm	88 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	24.9 °C	16.9 °C	20.3 °C	29.0 °C	14.6 °C	16	0
February	25.1 °C	16.9 °C	20.4 °C	29.4 °C	12.8 °C	16	0
March	25.2 °C	16.7 °C	20.4 °C	29.0 °C	12.9 °C	17	0
April	25.3 °C	15.7 °C	20.1 °C	30.3 °C	11.3 °C	18	0
May	26.2 °C	14.1 °C	20.0 °C	30.8 °C	9.8 °C	25	0
June	25.0 °C	11.8 °C	18.2 °C	29.0 °C	7.1 °C	14	0
July	24.9 °C	11.2 °C	17.9 °C	29.3 °C	7.3 °C	15	0
August	27.6 °C	13.7 °C	20.5 °C	32.2 °C	8.6 °C	28	3
September	30.5 °C	16.7 °C	23.4 °C	34.6 °C	11.0 °C	30	19
October	31.0 °C	18.4 °C	24.5 °C	34.8 °C	13.7 °C	30	23
November	27.9 °C	17.6 °C	22.2 °C	34.5 °C	14.2 °C	26	7
December	25.2 °C	16.9 °C	20.5 °C	31.2 °C	14.3 °C	18	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	278 mm	29	13 h/day	91 %	86 %	11 km/h
February	229 mm	25	12 h/day	89 %	86 %	11 km/h
March	194 mm	24	12 h/day	79 %	85 %	11 km/h
April	42 mm	7	12 h/day	54 %	74 %	15 km/h
May	3 mm	1	12 h/day	30 %	55 %	15 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	17 %	49 %	15 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	16 %	46 %	16 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	19 %	39 %	16 km/h
September	3 mm	1	12 h/day	29 %	34 %	17 km/h
October	30 mm	5	12 h/day	50 %	44 %	16 km/h
November	145 mm	20	13 h/day	75 %	71 %	12 km/h
December	250 mm	28	13 h/day	88 %	85 %	10 km/h

How Kipushi 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
Kipushi	31 °C	11 °C	1,174 mm	253
Lubumbashi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	32 °C	11 °C	1,043 mm	286
Likasi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	12 °C	1,122 mm	291
Solwezi · Zambia	31 °C	11 °C	1,212 mm	271
Chingola · Zambia	31 °C	12 °C	1,086 mm	240
Mufulira · Zambia	32 °C	12 °C	1,114 mm	277
Kitwe · Zambia	32 °C	11 °C	1,088 mm	281

Where Kipushi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	24th of 50	95/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	27th of 50	95/100
The driest places in Africa in June	32nd of 50	0.1 mm
Places with the best weather in the world in June	36th of 50	95/100
The driest places in Africa in July	36th of 50	0.07 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	39th of 50	0.09 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Kipushi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kipushi?

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

How hot does Kipushi get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 53 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 11 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kipushi?

January, averaging 278 mm over 29 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,174 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 Kipushi 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: -11.761°, 27.251° (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.