Lubao weather in February

In February, Lubao sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 130 mm of rain across 19.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 7th-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 3% of the time in February, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of February to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Lubao's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lubao's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 130 mm; 19.4 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:26 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 10th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; 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.

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical February 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 32°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs about 1°C warmer than January and on par with March.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Avg high (°C)	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21

How February really feels in Lubao

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 28 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Lubao weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 8th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 21°	149	21.9	12.3	3.8
Feb	30° / 21°	130	19.4	12.2	3.6
Mar	30° / 21°	171	21.8	12	3.5
Apr	30° / 21°	134	18.2	11.9	3.7
May	32° / 22°	33	6	11.8	4.3
Jun	33° / 21°	6	1.5	11.7	4.1
Jul	34° / 21°	3	0.8	11.7	4.1
Aug	33° / 21°	29	6.1	11.8	4.1
Sep	31° / 21°	86	15.3	12	3.9
Oct	29° / 21°	157	23.1	12.1	3.6
Nov	29° / 21°	194	25.3	12.2	3.4
Dec	29° / 21°	181	25	12.3	3.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Clearer (%)	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	11	11	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	11	13	13	14
Cloudier (%)	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	88	89	89	89	89	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88	89	87	87	86

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	14	86

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Lubao gets around 130 mm of rain over 19.4 wet days in February. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 69% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Rain chance (%)	71	71	71	71	71	71	70	70	69	69	68	68	68	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	67	68	68	68	69	69	69

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	71
4	71
5	71
6	71
7	70
8	70
9	69
10	69
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	67
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	67
22	67
23	68
24	68
25	68
26	69
27	69
28	69

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the oppressive band about 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Muggy (%)	26	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	17	17	16	16
Oppressive (%)	74	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	84

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	26	74
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	16	84
28	16	84

Wind in February

Winds average 4 km/h in February.

Across February, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	5	calm
14	5	calm
15	5	calm
16	5	calm
17	5	calm
18	5	calm
19	5	calm
20	5	calm
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23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	5	calm
28	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over February. Sunrise moves from 6:24 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:34 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27
Sunset (PM)	6:37	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:24	6:37
2	12.2	6:24	6:38
3	12.2	6:24	6:38
4	12.2	6:24	6:38
5	12.2	6:25	6:38
6	12.2	6:25	6:38
7	12.2	6:25	6:38
8	12.2	6:25	6:38
9	12.2	6:25	6:37
10	12.2	6:26	6:37
11	12.2	6:26	6:37
12	12.2	6:26	6:37
13	12.2	6:26	6:37
14	12.2	6:26	6:37
15	12.2	6:26	6:37
16	12.2	6:26	6:37
17	12.2	6:27	6:37
18	12.2	6:27	6:36
19	12.2	6:27	6:36
20	12.2	6:27	6:36
21	12.1	6:27	6:36
22	12.1	6:27	6:36
23	12.1	6:27	6:35
24	12.1	6:27	6:35
25	12.1	6:27	6:35
26	12.1	6:27	6:34
27	12.1	6:27	6:34
28	12.1	6:27	6:34

Solar energy in February

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in February, about 5.53 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 — February's 5.53 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.4	Bright
2	5.4	Bright
3	5.4	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
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9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
13	5.5	Bright
14	5.5	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
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17	5.6	Bright
18	5.6	Bright
19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
23	5.6	Bright
24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.5	Bright
27	5.5	Bright
28	5.5	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Lubao

In seasonPeak

In February, 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 February a good time to visit Lubao?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lubao.

What to pack for Lubao in February

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

In February, Lubao sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lubao in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February peaks around 13 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	13	15	14	11	9	7	6	11	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	6	High
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Lubao in February

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where February 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	16	17	13	13	60	126	182	92	27	16	11	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	16	Moderate
Feb	17	Moderate
Mar	13	Moderate
Apr	13	Moderate
May	60	Unhealthy
Jun	126	Unhealthy
Jul	182	Very unhealthy
Aug	92	Unhealthy
Sep	27	Moderate
Oct	16	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	12	Good

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.

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

grassland 48%

16 km

185 m

grassland 46%

80 km

424 m

grassland 55%

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← January Lubao year-round climate March →Best places to visit in February

February 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	71
4	71
5	71
6	71
7	70
8	70
9	69
10	69
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	67
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	67
22	67
23	68
24	68
25	68
26	69
27	69
28	69

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	26	74
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	16	84
28	16	84

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	71
4	71
5	71
6	71
7	70
8	70
9	69
10	69
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	67
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	67
22	67
23	68
24	68
25	68
26	69
27	69
28	69

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	26	74
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	16	84
28	16	84

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	21
2	29	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	10	90
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	11	89
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	11	89
14	12	88
15	11	89
16	11	89
17	11	89
18	11	89
19	11	89
20	11	89
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	13	87
27	13	87
28	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	71
4	71
5	71
6	71
7	70
8	70
9	69
10	69
11	68
12	68
13	68
14	67
15	67
16	67
17	67
18	67
19	67
20	67
21	67
22	67
23	68
24	68
25	68
26	69
27	69
28	69

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	26	74
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	24	76
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	19	81
22	19	81
23	18	82
24	18	82
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	16	84
28	16	84