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Likasi weather

Haut-Katanga · 635,768 inhabitants · Thursday, October 29 · updated 19:18

Rain around 20:08 Air: Moderate Hot · 3 d Moderate storm risk · Today, Tomorrow, Sat

24°

Rain showers

Feels like 29°C

Wind

17 km/h

Gusts

32 km/h

Humidity

62 %

Pressure

1010 hPa

Clouds

17 %

Storm

Low

Rise 05:42 Set 18:11 Day 12 h 28 min UV 11 · Very high

Morning, afternoon, evening

Trend

Evening

Rain showers

23°18°

Feels like 28°

Wind ↑ WSW 4 km/h

Gusts 22 km/h

Humidity 68 %

💧 1.2 mm

20:00

23°

0.8mm

WSW 3

23:00

18°

0.4mm

NW 4

Likasi forecast in charts · next 7 days

The week ahead: highs and lows

≈ A week close to the usual temperatures

Highs Lows Usual for the season (1991–2020 average)

Hourly detail

Temperature (°C) Rain (mm) Wind (km/h)

Likasi climate: what a normal year looks like

The wet season is concentrated from December to February, which brings 62% of the annual total; January by itself averages 280 mm.

From May to September, rain is scarce: under 10 mm a month on average.

The hottest stretch is October, when afternoons average 31 °C; the coldest is July, when nights average 13 °C.

Afternoons reach 30 °C or more in September and October; the typical peak is 31 °C in October.

Forecast highs for the coming week average 32 °C, 1 °C warmer than a normal October (31 °C).

30-year averages (1991–2020)
Month	Typical high	Typical low	Rainfall
Jan	26 °C	17 °C	280 mm
Feb	26 °C	17 °C	236 mm
Mar	26 °C	18 °C	212 mm
Apr	26 °C	17 °C	58 mm
May	27 °C	16 °C	4 mm
Jun	26 °C	13 °C	0 mm
Jul	26 °C	13 °C	0 mm
Aug	29 °C	15 °C	0 mm
Sep	31 °C	18 °C	4 mm
Oct	31 °C	19 °C	41 mm
Nov	28 °C	18 °C	157 mm
Dec	26 °C	17 °C	248 mm
Whole year	27 °C	16 °C	1,240 mm

Source: our own processing of the ERA5 reanalysis (Copernicus/ECMWF) for 10.98° S, 26.74° E, 1991–2020. ERA5 averages over a 0.25° grid (about 25 km): hills, a coastline or the heat of the city itself can shift local values by a degree or two.

Air you breathe in Likasi: pollution and pollen

3/6

Moderate

European Air Quality Index (EAQI), from Copernicus CAMS

PM2.524µg/m³

PM1025µg/m³

Copernicus CAMS model, updated several times a day.

Rain radar around Likasi

Rain observed over the last two hours by official weather radars around Likasi, followed by the radar forecast for the next hour where the weather service provides one.

Rain radar Last two hours, then forecast where available · drag the timeline

No open weather radar covers Likasi yet: the map shows our hour-by-hour rain forecast (ICON, GFS).

Moon over Likasi

Waning gibbous

87 % illuminated · 18.3 days

Rise 05:32 Set 17:23

Fri 30/10 79%

Sat 31/10 69%

Sun 1/11 59%

Mon 2/11 49% Last quarter

Tue 3/11 38%

Wed 4/11 28%

Thu 5/11 19%

Fri 6/11 12%

Sat 7/11 6%

Sun 8/11 2%

Mon 9/11 0%

Tue 10/11 1% New moon

Moonrise and moonset in local time (Africa/Lubumbashi); phase and lit fraction from a synodic calculation.

Look up a past day in Likasi

Curious about the weather in Likasi on a given day? Choose a date: we read it from the ERA5 reanalysis (ECMWF / Copernicus C3S), which runs until about a week ago.

Likasi weather at a glance

This page gathers everything about the weather in Likasi, Haut-Katanga: conditions now, the forecast for each part of the day and the trend for the coming week. At the moment the sky is “rain showers”, it is 24 °C (feels like 29 °C) and the wind blows at 17 km/h.

Expected range today: 18 °C to 35 °C and around 2 mm of rain; keep an eye on thunderstorms; it will be very hot. The forecast comes from the AtmoAtlas engine, which combines ECMWF-AIFS, NOAA GFS and DWD ICON, adjusts cloud cover with METAR reports and uses convective energy (CAPE) to flag storms.

Other big cities nearby

Lubumbashi 110 km 31°

Solwezi 137 km 23°

Kolwezi 142 km 19°

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