Best time to visit Likasi

The best time to visit Likasi is May–August, judged on twenty years of weather records and the events worth going for.

Likasi, Haut-Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Average daily high and low temperature, average precipitation and each month's verdict
MonthAverage daily highAverage daily lowPrecipitationVerdict
January25.8 °C / 78 °F17.7 °C / 64 °F275 mm / 10.8 inneither best nor good
February26.2 °C / 79 °F17.8 °C / 64 °F226 mm / 8.9 inneither best nor good
March26.2 °C / 79 °F17.7 °C / 64 °F215 mm / 8.5 inneither best nor good
April26.2 °C / 79 °F17.1 °C / 63 °F65 mm / 2.5 ingood month
May27 °C / 81 °F15.6 °C / 60 °F3 mm / 0.1 inbest month
June26 °C / 79 °F13.2 °C / 56 °F0 mm / 0 inbest month
July25.8 °C / 78 °F12.6 °C / 55 °F0 mm / 0 inbest month
August28.4 °C / 83 °F14.8 °C / 59 °F0 mm / 0 inbest month
September31.2 °C / 88 °F17.7 °C / 64 °F1 mm / 0 ingood month
October31.2 °C / 88 °F18.9 °C / 66 °F31 mm / 1.2 ingood month
November28 °C / 82 °F18.1 °C / 65 °F162 mm / 6.4 inneither best nor good
December26.1 °C / 79 °F17.7 °C / 64 °F240 mm / 9.4 inneither best nor good
Good and best months depend on more than temperature, rain and events. How they are chosen

Each activity on this page has its own good and best months, rated on twenty years of daily weather records. Which measures count, and how much, depends on the activity: humidity for exploring outdoors, wind for the beach, hiking and skiing, snow for skiing alone. Between them, the activities are rated on:

  • Daytime highs
  • Night-time lows
  • How warm it feels
  • Humidity
  • How much of the day is sunny
  • Hours of daylight
  • Monthly rainfall
  • How many days it rains
  • Days of heavy rain
  • Wind
  • Snowfall and days with snow
  • Major events, such as festivals

The chart shows the good and best months for exploring outdoors.

The event icon marks a month that an event lifts to good or best, such as a festival or a natural spectacle. Choose “Weather only” in the toolbar to rate the months on weather alone.

Best months by activity

Exploring outdoors

Mild days and nights, mostly dry and bright. The default for 'when should I go'.

  1. JJanuary: neither
  2. FFebruary: neither
  3. MMarch: neither
  4. AApril: good
  5. MMay: best
  6. JJune: best
  7. JJuly: best
  8. AAugust: best
  9. SSeptember: good
  10. OOctober: good
  11. NNovember: neither
  12. DDecember: neither
Best
May–August
Good
April, September–October
Why these months
  • April · good

    In its favour: feels like (high) 28.5 °C / 83 °F, share of daylight that is sunny 89%, average daily high 26.2 °C / 79 °F, precipitation 65 mm / 2.5 in, days with heavy rain 1.9 days, average daily low 17.1 °C / 63 °F, wet days 10.9 days.

    Against: relative humidity 77%.

  • May · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.5 °C / 82 °F, precipitation 3 mm / 0.1 in, share of daylight that is sunny 96%, average daily high 27 °C / 81 °F, wet days 0.8 days, days with heavy rain 0.1 days, average daily low 15.6 °C / 60 °F, relative humidity 59%.

  • June · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 25.3 °C / 78 °F, average daily high 26 °C / 79 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 96%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 13.2 °C / 56 °F, relative humidity 51%.

  • July · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 24.8 °C / 77 °F, average daily high 25.8 °C / 78 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 12.6 °C / 55 °F, relative humidity 47%.

  • August · best

    In its favour: feels like (high) 27.8 °C / 82 °F, precipitation 0 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 95%, wet days 0 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily high 28.4 °C / 83 °F, average daily low 14.8 °C / 59 °F, relative humidity 40%.

  • September · good

    In its favour: precipitation 1 mm / 0 in, share of daylight that is sunny 97%, wet days 0.5 days, days with heavy rain 0 days, average daily low 17.7 °C / 64 °F, relative humidity 37%.

    Against: feels like (high) 31.2 °C / 88 °F, average daily high 31.2 °C / 88 °F.

  • October · good

    In its favour: precipitation 31 mm / 1.2 in, share of daylight that is sunny 94%, wet days 6 days, days with heavy rain 0.8 days, average daily low 18.9 °C / 66 °F, relative humidity 52%.

    Against: feels like (high) 32.5 °C / 91 °F, average daily high 31.2 °C / 88 °F.

An activity is listed only where it applies: skiing at ski destinations, beach and swimming at beach destinations. The nearest ski area is אתר סקי הר החרמון, Mount Hermon ski resort, Centro de esquí Monte Hermón, 5017 km away.

Weather averages

Monthly averages over twenty years, 2006–2025. Highs, lows and precipitation are in the chart at the top.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Feels like (high) 29.3 °C30.2 °C30 °C28.5 °C27.5 °C25.3 °C24.8 °C27.8 °C31.2 °C32.5 °C31.3 °C29.8 °C
Days with heavy rain 11.7 days9.2 days7.6 days1.9 days0.1 days0 days0 days0 days0 days0.8 days5.7 days9.5 days
Time rain usually falls 3 pm4 pm5 pm5 pm5 pm4 pm1 pm3 pm4 pm4 pm5 pm4 pm
Sunshine per day 8.7 h8.9 h9.3 h10.5 h11.2 h11 h10.9 h11.2 h11.7 h11.6 h10.3 h9.2 h
Relative humidity 87%86%86%77%59%51%47%40%37%52%77%85%

Air quality

Averaged over a shorter period (2022–2025) than the twenty-year averages above, and not counted towards good or best months.

  JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Air pollution (PM2.5) 2022–202512.3 µg/m³13 µg/m³9.3 µg/m³7.8 µg/m³9.4 µg/m³18.6 µg/m³22.6 µg/m³27.2 µg/m³24.4 µg/m³20.9 µg/m³12 µg/m³9.3 µg/m³
Air pollution (PM2.5, daily peak) 2022–202518.3 µg/m³19.2 µg/m³14.9 µg/m³12.4 µg/m³15.8 µg/m³31 µg/m³35.2 µg/m³42.7 µg/m³33.5 µg/m³28.2 µg/m³17.6 µg/m³14.5 µg/m³
  • Good 15 µg/m³ or less
  • Fair 15 to 25 µg/m³
  • Moderate 25 to 37.5 µg/m³
  • Poor 37.5 to 50 µg/m³
  • Very poor 50 to 75 µg/m³
  • Extremely poor over 75 µg/m³

Each figure is compared with the World Health Organization's guideline for a day's air, 15 µg/m³ or less, and with its interim targets above that. The words are ours: the WHO does not name its steps. The figures are modelled monthly averages, so single days can be well above them. The daily peak is the average of each day's highest hour, shaded on the same scale.

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Monthly averages over 2006–2025, unless stated otherwise.

Weather data by Open-Meteo.com (CC-BY 4.0), generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information (ERA5). City data from GeoNames (CC-BY 4.0). Air quality from the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and sea temperature from Météo-France / Copernicus Marine, both via Open-Meteo.com. Coastline from Natural Earth. Ski areas from OpenSkiMap.org, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Skimap.org. World Heritage sites from Wikidata (CC0), from the World Heritage List © UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Readership from Wikimedia pageview data (CC0). Destination classification derived from English Wikivoyage, © Wikivoyage contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).