Lukula weather in October

In October, Lukula sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 185 mm of rain across 26.8 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-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 3% 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Lukula's 6th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lukula's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 185 mm; 26.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 6:07 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 6th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.2; out of 10

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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 Lukula 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 31°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

	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	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
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	21	21	21

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

How October really feels in Lukula

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 31 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 October is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Lukula weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 10th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 21°	131	21	12.2	3.7
Feb	30° / 22°	123	18.5	12.1	3.5
Mar	30° / 22°	158	22.8	12	3.3
Apr	30° / 22°	169	23.3	11.9	3.4
May	30° / 21°	97	16.5	11.8	4.2
Jun	30° / 21°	35	7.5	11.8	5.0
Jul	31° / 21°	27	5.9	11.8	4.9
Aug	30° / 21°	91	15.9	11.9	4.2
Sep	30° / 21°	144	23.3	12	3.5
Oct	29° / 21°	185	26.8	12.1	3.2
Nov	29° / 21°	188	25.6	12.2	3.3
Dec	29° / 21°	161	24.5	12.2	3.5

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 85%.

	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	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	22	21	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	17	17	17	17	16	16	16	15	15	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Cloudier (%)	78	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Lukula gets around 185 mm of rain over 26.8 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 87% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	90	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	84
4	84
5	84
6	85
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	85
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	88
24	88
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	91

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 89% 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	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	9	8	8
Oppressive (%)	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	92	92

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	8	92
31	8	92

Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, 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	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4
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	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
2	5	calm
3	5	calm
4	5	calm
5	5	calm
6	5	calm
7	5	calm
8	5	calm
9	5	calm
10	5	calm
11	5	calm
12	5	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
21	5	calm
22	5	calm
23	5	calm
24	5	calm
25	5	calm
26	5	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm
31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:12 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:12 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	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04
Sunset (PM)	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:12	6:14
2	12.0	6:12	6:14
3	12.0	6:12	6:14
4	12.0	6:11	6:14
5	12.0	6:11	6:14
6	12.1	6:10	6:13
7	12.1	6:10	6:13
8	12.1	6:10	6:13
9	12.1	6:09	6:13
10	12.1	6:09	6:13
11	12.1	6:09	6:13
12	12.1	6:08	6:13
13	12.1	6:08	6:12
14	12.1	6:08	6:12
15	12.1	6:07	6:12
16	12.1	6:07	6:12
17	12.1	6:07	6:12
18	12.1	6:06	6:12
19	12.1	6:06	6:12
20	12.1	6:06	6:12
21	12.1	6:06	6:12
22	12.1	6:05	6:12
23	12.1	6:05	6:12
24	12.1	6:05	6:12
25	12.1	6:05	6:12
26	12.1	6:05	6:12
27	12.1	6:04	6:12
28	12.1	6:04	6:12
29	12.1	6:04	6:12
30	12.1	6:04	6:12
31	12.1	6:04	6:12

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.32 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 5.32 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	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.3	Bright
5	5.3	Bright
6	5.3	Bright
7	5.3	Bright
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9	5.3	Bright
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25	5.3	Bright
26	5.3	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright
31	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Lukula?

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

3.2

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Lukula.

What to pack for Lukula in October

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

In October, Lukula sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lukula 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 Lukula peaks around March 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 10 at about 7 (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	10	8	7	7	11	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	7	High
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Lukula 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 Lukula is worst in July — around 221 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 20.0× 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)	18	22	16	14	33	192	221	50	21	13	11	15
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Very unhealthy	Very unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	22	Moderate
Mar	16	Moderate
Apr	14	Moderate
May	33	Moderate
Jun	192	Very unhealthy
Jul	221	Very unhealthy
Aug	50	Poor
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	15	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Lukula?

Lukula sits at 3.9°S, 23.9°E, 610 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Lodja, 50 km away.

Topography around Lukula

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lukula has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m around an average of 567 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 298 m.

The land around Lukula is covered by trees (68%) and grassland (24%) within 3 km, trees (62%) and grassland (33%) within 16 km, and trees (74%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

138 m

trees 68%

16 km

200 m

trees 62%

80 km

298 m

trees 74%

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← September Lukula year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Lodja 50 km · Lusambo 132 km · Kabeya-Kamwanga 247 km · Kindu 249 km · Mbuji-Mayi 254 km · Demba 254 km · Kabinda 261 km · Lubao 267 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 Lukula (-3.8688°, 23.8835°, elevation 610 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	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	84
4	84
5	84
6	85
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	85
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	88
24	88
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	84
4	84
5	84
6	85
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	85
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	88
24	88
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	8	92
31	8	92

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	21	79
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	18	82
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	17	83
11	17	83
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	15	85
18	15	85
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	83
3	84
4	84
5	84
6	85
7	85
8	85
9	85
10	85
11	86
12	86
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	87
21	87
22	87
23	88
24	88
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	90
29	90
30	90
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	13	87
8	13	87
9	13	87
10	13	87
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	11	89
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	8	92
31	8	92