Lusambo, DR Congo climate

As Tropical savanna (dry summer)

Lusambo has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry summer), Köppen As). The hottest month is August with an average daily high near 34°C, while the coldest is December averaging around 21°C at night. Precipitation totals about 1354 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — November alone averages 174 mm while July barely receives 10 mm.

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 34°C most of the year.

About 102 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 21°C.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 1354 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in November

⛅ Sky & trend

Often grey

Overcast skies dominate much of the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Lusambo climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	28	29	29	29	30	32	33	34	31	29	28	28
Avg temp (°C)	25	25	25	25	26	26	27	28	26	25	24	24
Avg low (°C)	21	21	22	22	21	20	20	21	22	21	21	21
Precipitation (mm)	130	123	160	161	71	14	10	58	127	167	174	159

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	28	29	29	29	30	32
Avg temp (°C)	25	25	25	25	26	26
Avg low (°C)	21	21	22	22	21	20
Precipitation (mm)	130	123	160	161	71	14

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	33	34	31	29	28	28
Avg temp (°C)	27	28	26	25	24	24
Avg low (°C)	20	21	22	21	21	21
Precipitation (mm)	10	58	127	167	174	159

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	3	4	4	4	10	17	23	23	9	2	1	2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	3	4	4	4	10	17

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	23	23	9	2	1	2

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	81	80	80	78	65	54	60	70	71	79	83	83
Relative humidity (%)	83	82	83	84	74	57	46	56	73	84	87	86
Wind speed (mph)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	81	80	80	78	65	54
Relative humidity (%)	83	82	83	84	74	57
Wind speed (mph)	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	60	70	71	79	83	83
Relative humidity (%)	46	56	73	84	87	86
Wind speed (mph)	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3

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.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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