How extreme does Lubumbashi's weather get?

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest days Lubumbashi has recorded — the outer limits of what its weather can do, and how far they sit beyond a normal day.

Based on 22 years of daily weather observations (2003–present), from the Lubumbashi Intl station 10 km away. Updated through August 2025 — an all-time extreme only changes when a more extreme day actually occurs, so some dates are old. That is normal, not stale data.

The four kinds of extreme

The hottest, coldest, wettest and snowiest single days Lubumbashi has recorded — each shown against what a normal day that time of year looks like.

🔥 Hottest day

102°F Oct 25, 2021

The three most extreme on record

1 102°F Oct 25, 2021recent

2 96°F Oct 18, 2017

3 95°F Oct 17, 2017

❄️ Coldest night

43°F Jun 28, 2006

The three most extreme on record

1 43°F Jun 28, 2006

2 45°F Jun 27, 2006

3 45°F Jul 27, 2021

🌧️ Most rain in one day

4.25 in Dec 11, 2022

The three most extreme on record

1 4.25 in Dec 11, 2022recent

2 3.54 in Apr 10, 2016

3 2.80 in Dec 11, 2017

In plain terms

Across the record, Lubumbashi has reached as high as 102°F and as low as 43°F. A single day has delivered over 4 inches of rain. Those are the outer edges worth knowing if you are moving here, planning a trip, or thinking about a house.

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

How we build these numbers →

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