Lubumbashi
City in DR Congo: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Square in Lubumbashi, 2011: T. Thielemans, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Lubumbashi is a city in DR Congo, in Haut-Katanga. About 2.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of DR Congo in our atlas.
It lies at 11.66° S, 27.48° E, about 1,260 m (4,134 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Lubumbashi time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Lubumbashi. Green dots: other major cities of DR Congo. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Lubumbashi has a humid subtropical (dry winter) climate (Köppen Cwa). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 33°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 8°C (47°F). Around 1,122 mm (44 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Dec.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in DR CongoNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Likasi · 110 km
- Kolwezi · 243 km
- Mbuji-Mayi · 745 km
- Kananga · 844 km
- Tshikapa · 931 km
- Uvira · 935 km
- Bukavu · 1,029 km
- Kikwit · 1,195 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 922704 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q187593 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
