Lubao weather in October

In October, Lubao sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 157 mm of rain across 23.1 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in October, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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

Daytime high
29°
9th warmest
Overnight low
21°
6th coldest
Rainfall
157 mm
23.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:58 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
81%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.19 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.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical October day in Lubao reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°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, October runs about 2°C cooler than September and on par with November.

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How October really feels in Lubao

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 15 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
15
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Lubao weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 9th-warmest and 4th-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 October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12773
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Lubao gets around 157 mm of rain over 23.1 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 74% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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266
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Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the oppressive band about 62% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
115346
215247
315148
415050
504951
604852
704654
804555
904456
1004357
1104258
1204159
1303961
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Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, 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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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 12 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 6:05 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:056:07
212.16:046:07
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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 5.19 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 — October's 5.19 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Lubao

In seasonPeak

In October, 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 October a good time to visit Lubao?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lubao.

What to pack for Lubao in October

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

In October, Lubao sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lubao in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October 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.

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 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 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
October 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).