Climate and average weather in Lubero

In Lubero, the weather is warm, wet, and mostly cloudy and remarkably steady, with daytime highs holding near warm levels all year. The wettest stretch peaks around October.

Best: mid May to late August

Over the course of the year, the temperature in Lubero typically varies from 13°C to 23°C, and is rarely below 12°C or above 25°C. February is the hottest month of the year, while June is the coldest.

Based on the travel score, the best times of year to visit Lubero for warm-weather activities are from early January to mid March and mid May to late August.

Hottest
Feb
23°
Coldest
Jun
14°
Wettest
Oct
829 mm
Driest
Jul
289 mm
Rain / yr
6485 mm
275 wet days
Daylight
12.0–12.0 h
shortest–longest
Elevation
1,871 m
0.2°S
Clearest
Jul
70% cloud

Lubero weather by month, at a glance

The whole year in one picture — sky, rain, humidity, temperature and travel score. Click any band to jump to its full chart.

Each stripe is one measure across the whole year, stacked so a single day reads top to bottom. The sky band runs overcast grey on top down to clear blue at the base — more blue means sunnier — followed by the rainfall curve, the humidity band, a temperature strip that tints each stretch of the year by how warm its average high is, and the travel-score line at the foot. Scan straight down any date to read that day across every measure at once; the score climbs highest around mid May to late August.

Temperature through the year

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Daily average highs and lows in Lubero, from 1991–2020 of climate data. The shaded bands show the range most days fall in — 10th to 90th percentile.

Temperatures in Lubero stay fairly even through the year, without a distinct hot or cool season. The warmest month is February, with an average high of 23°C and low of 14°C; the coolest is June, with an average low of 14°C and high of 21°C.

Days typically run about 8°C warmer than nights year-round.

10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
Jan2214
Feb2314
Mar2315
Apr2215
May2215
Jun2114
Jul2113
Aug2214
Sep2214
Oct2214
Nov2214
Dec2214

Average hourly temperature in Lubero

A compact picture of the whole year, hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled average temperature. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

Read left to right for the day of the year and top to bottom for the hour of the day; the color is the modeled temperature, cool blues through to hot reds on the same scale as the other charts. A vertical slice is a single day's swing — coolest just before dawn, warmest in the mid-afternoon — while a horizontal slice follows one hour across the seasons. The darker overlay marks night and the lighter one the twilight around sunrise and sunset. Colors run warmest on February afternoons, near 23°C, and coldest before dawn in June, near 14°C.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM

Lubero weather by month

Every month at a glance. Click a month for its detailed page.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan22° / 14°47321.3124.8
Feb23° / 14°41617.8125.0
Mar23° / 15°69424.1124.4
Apr22° / 15°66325.9123.9
May22° / 15°40724.9124.3
Jun21° / 14°29018.9125.0
Jul21° / 13°28918.8125.1
Aug22° / 14°42822.9124.5
Sep22° / 14°59622.8124.4
Oct22° / 14°82926.6123.9
Nov22° / 14°78226.1123.8
Dec22° / 14°61824.4124.3

Chance of rain

How likely it is to rain on a typical day, and how that shifts across the wetter and drier seasons.

Lubero gets about 6485 mm of precipitation a year. On a typical day the chance of rain is very wet, but that rises and falls sharply with the seasons.

The wetter season lasts 2.3 months, from around Mar 12 to May 19, peaking in May at about 91% chance on a given day. The drier stretch runs the rest of the year, bottoming out around Jul 8.

October is the wettest month by volume, with 829 mm over about 27 wet days; July is the driest, with 289 mm.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdrierwetterdriermostly drysome rainoften wetvery wetMay 1 · 91%Jul 8 · 55%
Rain on a day (%)Rain days
Jan6821
Feb6518
Mar7724
Apr8726
May8025
Jun6319
Jul6119
Aug7523
Sep7623
Oct8527
Nov8726
Dec7824

Monthly rainfall

Over a full year, Lubero collects about 6485 mm of rain across 275 wet days — roughly 540 mm in an average month.

It doesn’t fall evenly. October is the wettest month with 829 mm, while July is the driest at just 289 mm. The three wettest months alone bring about 36% of the year’s total.

050100150200250300350400450500550600650700750800850900950JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec473416694663407290289428596829782618
Rainfall (mm)Rain days
Jan47321
Feb41618
Mar69424
Apr66326
May40725
Jun29019
Jul28919
Aug42823
Sep59623
Oct82927
Nov78226
Dec61824

Clouds and sunshine

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

How often the daytime sky is clear, partly cloudy or overcast.

In Lubero, the average share of the sky covered by clouds shows moderate seasonal variation over the course of the year.

The clearer part of the year begins around May 13 and lasts for 3.9 months, ending around September 7. The clearest month is July, when the sky is clear, mostly clear, or partly cloudy 31% of the time on average.

The cloudier part of the year begins around September 8 and lasts for 4.5 months, ending around January 22. The cloudiest month is October, when it is overcast or mostly cloudy 93% of the time.

0%100%10%90%20%80%30%70%40%60%50%50%60%40%70%30%80%20%90%10%100%0%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 12 · 34%Nov 1 · 6%mostly clearpartly cloudymostly cloudyovercastcloudierclearercloudier
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
Jan1684
Feb1783
Mar1387
Apr892
May1981
Jun2773
Jul3169
Aug2377
Sep1486
Oct793
Nov793
Dec1486

Daylight, sunrise and sunset

DaylightNight

Hours of daylight through the year, with sunrise and sunset times.

The gold band is daylight — sunrise runs along its lower edge, sunset along the upper — so it widens toward summer and pinches toward winter, with night the dark area above and below. Close to the equator, Lubero barely changes through the year: days stay near 12 hours of light in every season.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AMJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
Jan12.06:126:13
Feb12.06:176:18
Mar12.06:136:13
Apr12.06:036:03
May12.06:005:59
Jun12.06:046:03
Jul12.06:096:08
Aug12.06:076:07
Sep12.05:575:57
Oct12.05:485:48
Nov12.05:485:49
Dec12.05:595:59

Sunny days

How many genuinely sunny days each month brings — days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — banded into plain-language zones.

Lubero averages about 2 sunny days a month — counting the days the sky stays clear or mostly clear — with a clear seasonal swing between 0 and 4 days.

The sunnier stretch runs 3.7 months, from around May 14 to Sep 3. The sunniest month is June, with roughly 4 sunny days (gloomy).

The greyest month is October, down near 0 sunny days — about 91% fewer than the June peak.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecgreyersunniergreyergloomymixedJun 24 daysOct 170 days
Sunny daysSky
Jan2Gloomy
Feb2Gloomy
Mar2Gloomy
Apr1Gloomy
May2Gloomy
Jun4Gloomy
Jul4Gloomy
Aug3Gloomy
Sep1Gloomy
Oct0Gloomy
Nov0Gloomy
Dec1Gloomy

Humidity comfort

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Share of days at each humidity comfort level, based on the dew point — the measure that tracks how muggy it actually feels.

Humidity comfort is graded by the dew point — the temperature at which the air would be fully saturated — because it tracks how muggy it actually feels far better than relative humidity does. A low dew point feels dry and crisp; a high one feels sticky and oppressive no matter the reading on a humidity gauge.

In Lubero, how humid it feels changes dramatically over the year.

The more humid part of the year lasts 3.4 months, from around February 28 to June 10. The muggiest month is May, when the air feels humid, muggy or worse about 52% of the time.

The most comfortable stretch runs from around June 11 to September 30, and July is the most comfortable month — the air is dry or comfortable 92% of the time.

0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJul 12 · 94%May 4 · 35%humidcomfortabledryhumidcomfortablehumid
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)
Jan167312
Feb166618
Mar35839
Apr04258
May14752
Jun96922
Jul21728
Aug107812
Sep57620
Oct16931
Nov17030
Dec58015

Wind

Average wind speed through the year, banded into plain-language speed zones so a number reads as 'breezy' or 'calm' without knowing the scale.

This is the average sustained wind speed at the standard 10 metres above open ground — the steady flow a weather station reports, not the sharper gusts that come and go, which can run half again as fast. It's the number that says whether a place is generally breezy or calm.

Wind in Lubero is steady company: average speeds sit near 4 km/hcalm — in every month of the year, with no meaningful windy or calm season.

0510JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccalmMay 18 · 5 km/hJul 29 · 4 km/h
Wind speed (km/h)Feels
Jan5calm
Feb5calm
Mar5calm
Apr5calm
May5calm
Jun4calm
Jul4calm
Aug4calm
Sep4calm
Oct4calm
Nov4calm
Dec4calm

Best time to visit Lubero

TravelBeach/poolTemperatureCloudsPrecipitation

To characterize how pleasant the weather is in Lubero throughout the year, we compute two travel scores — one for general sightseeing, one for beach and pool weather.

Around late August, Lubero is still near the tail of its best-weather window — great conditions with the peak-season crowds already thinning.

Inferred from the travel-score curve; month-by-month visitor numbers are a planned addition.

The travel score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 18°C and 28°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Lubero for general outdoor tourist activities run from mid May to late September and again from mid December to late March, with a peak score in the second week of July.

0246810JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timetravel scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationJul 10 · 5.4

The travel score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

Travel score (0–10)Rating
Jan4.8fair
Feb5.0fair
Mar4.4fair
Apr3.9fair
May4.3fair
Jun5.0fair
Jul5.1fair
Aug4.5fair
Sep4.4fair
Oct3.9fair
Nov3.8fair
Dec4.3fair

The beach/pool score favors clear, rainless days with daytime highs between 24°C and 34°C. Based on this score, the best times of year to visit Lubero for hot-weather activities run from early January to late March and again from late May to late July, with a peak score in the second week of February.

024681012JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecbest timebest timebeach/pool scoretemperaturecloudsprecipitationFeb 8 · 3.9

The beach/pool score (filled area), and its constituents: the temperature score (red line), the cloud cover score (blue line), and the precipitation score (green line).

What to pack for Lubero, by month

EssentialRecommendedOptional

Month by month, what's worth putting in the bag — from the temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind. Tap a month for a quick packing note.

Lubero packs about the same all year — highs hold near 23°C. Across the year the things worth having are light clothes, rain gear and sun protection.

Light clothing
Warm layer
Winter coat
Rain gear
Sun protection
Windbreaker

In February, Lubero sees daytime highs around 23°C and nights near 14°C. Pack rain gear and sun protection. Worth having: light clothes. About 18 days see rain.

UV index (midday) in Lubero by month

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV index through the year, shaded by the WHO exposure levels — how much sun protection each month calls for.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Lubero peaks around March 16 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 12 at about 10 (extreme).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeMar 16UV 16Jul 12UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr15Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep14Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Average hourly UV index in Lubero

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Modeled clear-sky UV for every hour of every day — when in the day sun protection actually matters.

The whole year hour by hour: each column is a day, each row an hour, and the color is the modeled clear-sky UV index — the midday peak scaled down as the sun sits lower in the sky. Darker overlays mark night, lighter ones the civil-twilight hours around sunrise and sunset.

UV falls off far faster than brightness as the sun drops, so even in March the burn window is concentrated in the middle of the day: about 8.5 hours a day reach index 3 (protection recommended), and 7 hours reach 6 or more. Mornings and late afternoons stay comparatively gentle year round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec12 AM2 AM4 AM6 AM8 AM10 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM6 PM8 PM10 PM12 AM
UV ≥ 3 (h/day)UV ≥ 6 (h/day)
Jan7.55.5
Feb8.56.5
Mar8.57
Apr8.56.5
May86
Jun7.55.5
Jul7.55
Aug7.55.5
Sep86.5
Oct86.5
Nov86
Dec7.55.5

Air quality in Lubero by month

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see which months the air is worst, not just the yearly average.

Air quality in Lubero is worst in February — around 52 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 2.2× the cleanest month (October, 24 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModeratePoorModerateFeb 1151 µg/m³Oct 1824 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan48Poor
Feb52Poor
Mar35Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun34Moderate
Jul43Poor
Aug32Moderate
Sep26Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec36Poor
Almanac & agriculture

Growing season

Chance of a frost-free dayFrost-free year round

Lubero is frost-free year round — even the coldest nights rarely reach freezing, so there is no start or end to the growing season.

0%25%50%75%100%JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecfrost-free year round
Frost-free chance (%)Frost nights
Jan1000
Feb1000
Mar1000
Apr1000
May1000
Jun1000
Jul1000
Aug1000
Sep1000
Oct1000
Nov1000
Dec1000

Growing degree days

Degree days (base 10°C)Frost-free shaded

Growing degree days tally heat above 10°C: each day adds however many degrees its average temperature runs over that threshold, and cold days add nothing. Lubero banks about 2,917 degree days a year, and the running total — which growers use to time plantings and predict maturity — climbs fastest around April.

01,0002,0003,000JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Growing degree days (°C·days)
Jan246
Feb234
Mar263
Apr256
May257
Jun230
Jul228
Aug237
Sep239
Oct250
Nov237
Dec240

Solar energy

Average daily shortwave solar energy reaching the ground, banded into brightness zones so the number means something at a glance.

Solar energy is how much sunlight actually reaches the ground each day, measured in kilowatt-hours per square metre (kWh/m²) — the combined effect of how long the sun is up, how high it climbs, and how much cloud gets in the way. It's the raw fuel a solar panel has to work with: for scale, 1 kWh/m² a day is dim and wintry, while 7+ is desert-bright.

Lubero receives about 5.5 kWh/m² a day of solar energy — bright — and it stays remarkably steady, holding between 5.1 and 6.1 kWh/m² all year. For solar panels, output here is a flat line, not a seasonal wave.

01234567JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecdimmoderatebrightintenseFeb 76.1 kWhJun 185.1 kWh
Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
Jan5.8Bright
Feb6.0Intense
Mar5.9Bright
Apr5.6Bright
May5.4Bright
Jun5.1Bright
Jul5.3Bright
Aug5.4Bright
Sep5.6Bright
Oct5.4Bright
Nov5.4Bright
Dec5.6Bright

Where is Lubero?

Lubero sits at 0.2°S, 29.2°E, 1,871 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Katwa, 29 km away.

Topography around Lubero

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lubero has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 577 m around an average of 1,981 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,454 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,681 m.

The land around Lubero is covered by trees (45%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
577 m
16 km
1,454 m
80 km
2,681 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
Nearby: Katwa 29 km · Butembo 34 km · Kayna 51 km · Mpondwe 58 km · Kanyobagonga 61 km · Kisinga 75 km · Katanda 75 km · Beni 77 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 Lubero (-0.1584°, 29.2386°, elevation 1,871 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).