Lubao weather in April

In April, Lubao sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 134 mm of rain across 18.2 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in April, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Lubao's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lubao's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
11th coldest
Rainfall
134 mm
18.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:21 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
75%
6th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Lubao is a town and territory in Kabinda District, Kasai-Oriental Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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

Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical April day in Lubao reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and about 2°C cooler than May.

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How April really feels in Lubao

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Lubao weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April 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
Jan29° / 21°14921.912.33.8
Feb30° / 21°13019.412.23.6
Mar30° / 21°17121.8123.5
Apr30° / 21°13418.211.93.7
May32° / 22°33611.84.3
Jun33° / 21°61.511.74.1
Jul34° / 21°30.811.74.1
Aug33° / 21°296.111.84.1
Sep31° / 21°8615.3123.9
Oct29° / 21°15723.112.13.6
Nov29° / 21°19425.312.23.4
Dec29° / 21°1812512.33.6

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 12% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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21981
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132179
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Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Lubao gets around 134 mm of rain over 18.2 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 61% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
171
271
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471
571
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1070
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1664
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1959
2057
2156
2254
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2646
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3040

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, April lands in the oppressive band about 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1001981
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3002080
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17013069
18013168
19013267
20013366
21023464
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23033562
24033661
25033760
26043858
27043957
28054055
29154153
30164251

Wind in April

Winds average 6 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of April to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:236:20
212.06:236:20
311.96:236:19
411.96:226:19
511.96:226:18
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Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 5.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.56 kWh/m² in July across the year — April's 5.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in April

Hazard calendar for Lubao

In seasonPeak

In April, Lubao sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Lubao's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is April a good time to visit Lubao?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lubao.

What to pack for Lubao in April

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

In April, Lubao sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lubao in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lubao peaks around March 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighExtremeMar 18UV 15Aug 13UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Lubao in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Lubao is worst in July — around 182 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 16.4× the cleanest month (November, 11 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyModerateGoodJul 15174 µg/m³Nov 2211 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb17Moderate
Mar13Moderate
Apr13Moderate
May60Unhealthy
Jun126Unhealthy
Jul182Very unhealthy
Aug92Unhealthy
Sep27Moderate
Oct16Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Lubao?

Lubao sits at 5.4°S, 25.7°E, 694 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kongolo, 139 km away.

KongoloKasongoKabaloKabindaKampeneGandajikaMbuji-MayiNyunzu

Topography around Lubao

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lubao has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 90 m around an average of 658 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 185 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 424 m.

The land around Lubao is covered by grassland (48%) and trees (23%) within 3 km, grassland (46%) and shrubs (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (55%) and trees (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
90 m
16 km
185 m
80 km
424 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
April weather nearby: Kongolo 139 km · Kasongo 147 km · Kabalo 149 km · Kabinda 163 km · Kampene 224 km · Gandajika 249 km · Mbuji-Mayi 253 km · Nyunzu 259 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 Lubao (-5.3877°, 25.7489°, elevation 694 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).