Kolwezi, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo climate
Average temperatures, precipitation and all-time records for Kolwezi, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with every day graded against ~46 years of local climate history (1980–2026). Its warmest month is September, averaging a high of 30°C, and its coldest is July, with an average low of 14°C.
Kolwezi or Kolwesi is the capital city of Lualaba Province in the south of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, west of Likasi. It has an airport and a railway to Lubumbashi. Just outside of Kolwezi there is the static inverter plant of the HVDC Inga-Shaba. The population is approximately 573,000. via Wikipedia
How today compares
Latest recorded day: 2026-07-24. Each reading placed on Kolwezi, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo's own ±7-day seasonal distribution.
Kolwezi average temperatures by month
Typical daily high and low, and average precipitation, for each month in Kolwezi, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo, based on 1980–2026 records. The wettest month is January (8 mm on an average day).
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Avg precip |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25°C | 18°C | 8 mm |
| February | 25°C | 18°C | 8 mm |
| March | 26°C | 18°C | 5 mm |
| April | 26°C | 17°C | 3 mm |
| May | 27°C | 16°C | 0 mm |
| June | 26°C | 14°C | 0 mm |
| July | 26°C | 14°C | 0 mm |
| August | 28°C | 16°C | 0 mm |
| September | 30°C | 19°C | 0 mm |
| October | 29°C | 19°C | 3 mm |
| November | 26°C | 18°C | 5 mm |
| December | 25°C | 18°C | 8 mm |
Each bar spans the 10th-percentile daily low to the 90th-percentile daily high (the range most days fall within), coloured cold → hot on a shared -23°C to 46°C scale, so the whole year's rhythm reads at a glance.
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Record extremes
- Hottest day on record: 35°C on 2003-10-15
- Coldest day on record: 9°C on 1989-06-18
Percentiles compare each day to Kolwezi, Lualaba, Democratic Republic of the Congo's own history, so grades are relative to this location: a “Near Record” day here isn't the same temperature as elsewhere. How the grades work →