Kolwezi climate

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Kolwezi is warmest in September, with average highs of 30 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 13 °C. January is the wettest month (223 mm) and July the driest (0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Kolwezi averages 1,041 mm of rain and 223 days above 25 °C.

Democratic Republic of the Congo · population 790,248 · 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 September 30 °C
Coldest month July 13 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 223 mm
Least cloud July 16 % cloud
Hottest on record September 34 °C
Coldest on record July 8.4 °C

What to expectKolwezi through the year

Kolwezi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in July to 30 °C in September, a swing of 4.3 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 223 days a year reach 25 °C, 22 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C, in September.

Rain is spread fairly evenly through the year, from 0 mm in July to 223 mm in January. There is no dry season to aim for.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	23.6 °C	223 mm	91 %
February	24.1 °C	187 mm	90 %
March	24.5 °C	159 mm	83 %
April	25.0 °C	45 mm	57 %
May	26.1 °C	3 mm	32 %
June	25.5 °C	under 1 mm	18 %
July	25.6 °C	0 mm	16 %
August	27.9 °C	1 mm	24 %
September	29.5 °C	10 mm	39 %
October	28.4 °C	61 mm	64 %
November	25.3 °C	161 mm	82 %
December	23.9 °C	192 mm	90 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	23.6 °C	16.9 °C	19.7 °C	27.4 °C	14.9 °C	6	0
February	24.1 °C	17.0 °C	20.0 °C	28.5 °C	15.0 °C	9	0
March	24.5 °C	16.9 °C	20.2 °C	27.8 °C	14.6 °C	13	0
April	25.0 °C	16.5 °C	20.4 °C	28.8 °C	12.3 °C	16	0
May	26.1 °C	15.6 °C	20.6 °C	29.4 °C	11.6 °C	26	0
June	25.5 °C	13.7 °C	19.4 °C	28.6 °C	9.6 °C	19	0
July	25.6 °C	13.2 °C	19.2 °C	29.2 °C	8.4 °C	20	0
August	27.9 °C	15.5 °C	21.6 °C	31.7 °C	10.7 °C	30	2
September	29.5 °C	17.6 °C	23.5 °C	34.1 °C	12.3 °C	30	12
October	28.4 °C	17.9 °C	22.7 °C	33.4 °C	14.1 °C	28	7
November	25.3 °C	17.1 °C	20.7 °C	31.8 °C	14.7 °C	17	0
December	23.9 °C	16.9 °C	19.9 °C	27.6 °C	15.0 °C	9	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	223 mm	27	13 h/day	91 %	86 %	12 km/h
February	187 mm	23	12 h/day	90 %	85 %	12 km/h
March	159 mm	24	12 h/day	83 %	83 %	13 km/h
April	45 mm	9	12 h/day	57 %	73 %	17 km/h
May	3 mm	1	12 h/day	32 %	52 %	18 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	18 %	43 %	18 km/h
July	0 mm	0	12 h/day	16 %	39 %	18 km/h
August	1 mm	0	12 h/day	24 %	35 %	18 km/h
September	10 mm	2	12 h/day	39 %	40 %	17 km/h
October	61 mm	12	12 h/day	64 %	61 %	14 km/h
November	161 mm	24	13 h/day	82 %	79 %	11 km/h
December	192 mm	27	13 h/day	90 %	85 %	11 km/h

How Kolwezi 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
Kolwezi	30 °C	13 °C	1,041 mm	223
Likasi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	12 °C	1,122 mm	291
Solwezi · Zambia	31 °C	11 °C	1,212 mm	271
Kamina · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	17 °C	1,233 mm	337
Kipushi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	11 °C	1,174 mm	253
Lubumbashi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	32 °C	11 °C	1,043 mm	286
Mwene · Democratic Republic of the Congo	33 °C	17 °C	1,176 mm	348

Where Kolwezi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in July	1st of 50	0 mm
The driest places in the world in July	3rd of 50	0 mm
The driest places in Africa in June	26th of 50	0.1 mm
Places with the best weather in Africa in June	40th of 50	94/100
Places with the best weather in Africa in July	44th of 50	92/100

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QuestionsCommon questions about Kolwezi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Kolwezi?

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

How hot does Kolwezi get?

In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 30 °C. About 22 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 34 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 13 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Kolwezi?

January, averaging 223 mm over 27 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,041 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 Kolwezi 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: -10.715°, 25.467° (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.