Luputa weather in February

In February, Luputa sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 156 mm of rain across 21.1 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 6th-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 2% of the time in February, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, February is Luputa's 10th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Luputa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 9th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 156 mm; 21.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:33 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 10th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.53 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

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Temperature in February

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical February day in Luputa reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, February runs on par with 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	29	29	29	29	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)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

How February really feels in Luputa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, February averages 0 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

February sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Luputa weather by month

How February compares with the rest of the year at a glance. February is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	28° / 20°	186	25.1	12.4	3.6
Feb	29° / 20°	156	21.1	12.2	3.6
Mar	29° / 20°	183	24.4	12	3.5
Apr	30° / 20°	137	19.6	11.8	3.9
May	31° / 20°	26	5.1	11.7	4.9
Jun	32° / 19°	3	0.5	11.6	5.0
Jul	32° / 19°	1	0.2	11.6	5.0
Aug	32° / 20°	17	3.8	11.8	4.7
Sep	31° / 20°	93	16.1	12	3.9
Oct	29° / 20°	158	24.3	12.2	3.5
Nov	28° / 20°	185	25.9	12.3	3.4
Dec	28° / 20°	194	26.7	12.4	3.6

Cloud cover in February

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in February.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of February, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

	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 (%)	8	8	9	10	10	10	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
Cloudier (%)	92	92	91	90	90	90	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	9	91
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86

Chance of precipitation in February

Any precipitation

Luputa gets around 156 mm of rain over 21.1 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 77% and peaks near 78% 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 (%)	78	78	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	76	76	76	75	75	75	75	75	76	76

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	77
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	75
26	75
27	76
28	76

Humidity in February

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, February lands in the muggy band about 90% 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 (%)	92	92	92	92	92	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	87
Oppressive (%)	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13

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

Wind in February

Winds average 5 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	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
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5	4	calm
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28	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in February

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of February to 12 h 12 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 6:29 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 6:48 PM to 6:43 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)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:29	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34
Sunset (PM)	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:29	6:48
2	12.3	6:30	6:48
3	12.3	6:30	6:48
4	12.3	6:30	6:48
5	12.3	6:31	6:48
6	12.3	6:31	6:48
7	12.3	6:31	6:48
8	12.3	6:31	6:48
9	12.3	6:32	6:48
10	12.3	6:32	6:48
11	12.3	6:32	6:47
12	12.3	6:32	6:47
13	12.2	6:32	6:47
14	12.2	6:33	6:47
15	12.2	6:33	6:47
16	12.2	6:33	6:47
17	12.2	6:33	6:46
18	12.2	6:33	6:46
19	12.2	6:33	6:46
20	12.2	6:33	6:46
21	12.2	6:34	6:45
22	12.2	6:34	6:45
23	12.2	6:34	6:45
24	12.2	6:34	6:45
25	12.2	6:34	6:44
26	12.2	6:34	6:44
27	12.2	6:34	6:44
28	12.2	6:34	6:43

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 5.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 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	5.4	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	5.6	5.6
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
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3	5.4	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
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10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
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14	5.5	Bright
15	5.5	Bright
16	5.6	Bright
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18	5.6	Bright
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20	5.6	Bright
21	5.6	Bright
22	5.6	Bright
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24	5.6	Bright
25	5.6	Bright
26	5.6	Bright
27	5.6	Bright
28	5.6	Bright

Planning a trip in February

Hazard calendar for Luputa

In seasonPeak

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

Luputa's rainy season runs September–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 Luputa?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.6

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

February is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Luputa.

What to pack for Luputa in February

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

In February, Luputa sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

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UV index in Luputa in February

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in February 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 Luputa peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 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	14	15	14	10	9	7	6	12	13	11	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	14	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	7	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Luputa 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 Luputa is worst in August — around 149 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 11.3× the cleanest month (December, 13 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	19	14	22	65	66	102	149	55	22	14	13
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	18	Moderate
Feb	19	Moderate
Mar	14	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	65	Unhealthy
Jun	66	Unhealthy
Jul	102	Unhealthy
Aug	149	Unhealthy
Sep	55	Poor
Oct	22	Moderate
Nov	14	Moderate
Dec	13	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Luputa?

Luputa sits at 7.2°S, 23.7°E, 879 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Mwene-Ditu, 32 km away.

Topography around Luputa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Luputa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 62 m around an average of 859 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 219 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 509 m.

The land around Luputa is covered by grassland (52%) within 3 km, grassland (69%) within 16 km, and grassland (79%) within 80 km.

3 km

62 m

grassland 52%

16 km

219 m

grassland 69%

80 km

509 m

grassland 79%

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

February weather nearby: Mwene-Ditu 32 km · Gandajika 54 km · Kanyama 65 km · Miabi 110 km · Mbuji-Mayi 115 km · Kabeya-Kamwanga 138 km · Kabinda 143 km · Kananga 200 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 Luputa (-7.1618°, 23.7006°, elevation 879 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	20
2	29	20
3	29	20
4	29	20
5	29	20
6	29	20
7	29	20
8	29	20
9	29	20
10	29	20
11	29	20
12	29	20
13	29	20
14	29	20
15	29	20
16	29	20
17	29	20
18	29	20
19	29	20
20	29	20
21	29	20
22	29	20
23	29	20
24	29	20
25	29	20
26	29	20
27	29	20
28	29	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	9	91
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	77
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	75
26	75
27	76
28	76

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	9	91
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	77
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	75
26	75
27	76
28	76

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	9	91
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	11	89
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	12	88
11	13	87
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	14	86
27	14	86
28	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	78
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	77
14	77
15	77
16	77
17	77
18	77
19	76
20	76
21	76
22	75
23	75
24	75
25	75
26	75
27	76
28	76

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