Likasi climate

Name: Likasi
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Likasi is warmest in October, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 12 °C. January is the wettest month (261 mm) and July the driest (0.00 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Likasi averages 1,122 mm of rain and 291 days above 25 °C.

Democratic Republic of the Congo · population 635,768 · 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 12 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 261 mm
Least cloud July 15 % cloud
Hottest on record October 35 °C
Coldest on record June 8.0 °C

What to expectLikasi through the year

Likasi has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 26 °C in July to 31 °C in October, a swing of 5.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 291 days a year reach 25 °C, 58 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 35 °C, in October.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 261 mm against 0 mm in July — 78,431 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	25.4 °C	261 mm	91 %
February	25.6 °C	219 mm	89 %
March	25.7 °C	192 mm	81 %
April	25.7 °C	50 mm	56 %
May	26.9 °C	3 mm	30 %
June	25.9 °C	under 1 mm	17 %
July	25.8 °C	under 1 mm	15 %
August	28.5 °C	under 1 mm	20 %
September	31.0 °C	3 mm	33 %
October	31.0 °C	34 mm	57 %
November	27.8 °C	139 mm	78 %
December	25.7 °C	221 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	25.4 °C	17.2 °C	20.6 °C	29.1 °C	14.6 °C	20	0
February	25.6 °C	17.2 °C	20.7 °C	29.4 °C	14.1 °C	19	0
March	25.7 °C	17.1 °C	20.8 °C	29.0 °C	13.9 °C	22	0
April	25.7 °C	16.3 °C	20.6 °C	30.5 °C	11.9 °C	21	0
May	26.9 °C	15.0 °C	20.7 °C	30.8 °C	10.8 °C	29	0
June	25.9 °C	12.7 °C	19.1 °C	29.5 °C	8.0 °C	22	0
July	25.8 °C	12.2 °C	18.8 °C	29.9 °C	8.7 °C	21	0
August	28.5 °C	14.5 °C	21.3 °C	32.7 °C	9.9 °C	30	7
September	31.0 °C	17.2 °C	24.0 °C	34.9 °C	11.9 °C	30	23
October	31.0 °C	18.4 °C	24.5 °C	35.3 °C	13.4 °C	31	23
November	27.8 °C	17.6 °C	22.1 °C	34.1 °C	15.0 °C	26	6
December	25.7 °C	17.1 °C	20.8 °C	29.5 °C	14.7 °C	21	0

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	261 mm	28	13 h/day	91 %	87 %	9.7 km/h
February	219 mm	24	12 h/day	89 %	86 %	9.6 km/h
March	192 mm	24	12 h/day	81 %	85 %	9.9 km/h
April	50 mm	9	12 h/day	56 %	75 %	13 km/h
May	3 mm	0	12 h/day	30 %	55 %	13 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	11 h/day	17 %	48 %	13 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	15 %	44 %	14 km/h
August	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	20 %	38 %	14 km/h
September	3 mm	1	12 h/day	33 %	36 %	14 km/h
October	34 mm	7	12 h/day	57 %	50 %	13 km/h
November	139 mm	21	13 h/day	78 %	75 %	11 km/h
December	221 mm	27	13 h/day	88 %	85 %	9.4 km/h

How Likasi 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
Likasi	31 °C	12 °C	1,122 mm	291
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
Solwezi · Zambia	31 °C	11 °C	1,212 mm	271
Kolwezi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	30 °C	13 °C	1,041 mm	223
Chingola · Zambia	31 °C	12 °C	1,086 mm	240
Mansa · Zambia	31 °C	13 °C	1,034 mm	268

Where Likasi ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The driest places in Africa in June	12th of 50	0.03 mm
The driest places in Africa in July	19th of 50	0.00 mm
The driest places in Africa in August	21st of 50	0.02 mm
The driest places in the world in July	27th of 50	0.00 mm
The driest places in the world in June	30th of 50	0.03 mm
The driest places in the world in August	34th of 50	0.02 mm

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

QuestionsCommon questions about Likasi’s climate

When is the best time to visit Likasi?

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 Likasi get?

In October, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 58 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 12 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Likasi?

January, averaging 261 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,122 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 Likasi 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: -10.983°, 26.738° (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.