Kamina weather in October

In October, Kamina sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 123 mm of rain across 19.8 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Kamina's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kamina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
19°
11th coldest
Rainfall
123 mm
19.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:59 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
74%
7th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Kamina is city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 30°C in the first days to 28°C by the end.

A typical October day in Kamina reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C cooler than September and about 2°C warmer than November.

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Kamina weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 19°21626.412.53.9
Feb27° / 19°17822.812.34.0
Mar27° / 19°19924.712.14.1
Apr28° / 19°8913.711.85.5
May29° / 19°71.511.66.6
Jun29° / 18°00.111.56.9
Jul30° / 18°00.111.56.9
Aug31° / 19°40.711.75.8
Sep31° / 20°356.511.94.9
Oct29° / 19°12319.812.24.2
Nov27° / 19°21025.612.43.9
Dec27° / 19°2242712.53.8

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24060
33763
43664
53565
63466
73367
83268
93169
102971
112971
122872
132773
142674
152575
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Kamina gets around 123 mm of rain over 19.8 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 63% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
146
248
349
451
552
654
755
856
957
1058
1159
1260
1361
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1563
1664
1765
1866
1967
2068
2169
2270
2371
2472
2573
2674
2774
2875
2976
3076
3177

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of October feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 52% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 52% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
18185024
28175026
37155127
47145029
56135031
66134932
75124934
84124836
94114837
103114739
113104641
122104543
13294445
14194347
15184249
16184150
17173953
18163855
19163756
20153559
21043462
22043264
23033166
24022969
25022870
26022771
27012574
28012475
29012277
30012178
31012079

Wind in October

Winds average 7 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
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316calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:076:11
212.16:066:11
312.16:066:11
412.16:056:11
512.16:046:11
612.16:046:11
712.16:036:11
812.16:036:11
912.16:026:11
1012.16:026:11
1112.26:016:11
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1612.25:596:11
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1812.25:586:11
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2012.25:586:11
2112.25:576:11
2212.25:576:11
2312.25:576:11
2412.35:566:12
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2712.35:556:12
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in September across the year — October's 5.81 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.7Bright
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305.7Bright
315.7Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Kamina

In seasonPeak

In October, Kamina sits inside its monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kamina's monsoon runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is October a good time to visit Kamina?

Our two travel scores rate October for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Kamina for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kamina in October

From October's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In October, Kamina sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kamina in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kamina peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 at about 7 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 10UV 15Aug 13UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7High
Sep11Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Kamina in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kamina is worst in August — around 184 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 19.6× the cleanest month (April, 9 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyModerateGoodAug 15174 µg/m³Apr 910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr9Good
May27Moderate
Jun43Poor
Jul115Unhealthy
Aug184Very unhealthy
Sep85Unhealthy
Oct26Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kamina?

Kamina sits at 8.7°S, 25.0°E, 1,124 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Bukama, 108 km away.

KanyamaKipambaMalembaMalemba-NkuluLuputaKolweziMulongo

Topography around Kamina

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kamina.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kamina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 1,115 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 496 m.

The land around Kamina is covered by artificial surfaces (40%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (74%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
213 m
80 km
496 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
October weather nearby: Bukama 108 km · Kanyama 163 km · Kipamba 167 km · Malemba 189 km · Malemba-Nkulu 212 km · Luputa 226 km · Kolwezi 226 km · Mulongo 242 km

Democratic Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 42% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$807
2025
Happiness
3.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
12%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
34.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 400

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kamina (-8.7351°, 24.998°, elevation 1,124 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).