Kolwezi

Congo - Kinshasa
Kolwezi, Congo - Kinshasa
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A large mining city in DR Congo's Lualaba Province, Kolwezi's skyline is defined by industrial headframes and processing towers that tell the story of a region shaped entirely by copper and cobalt extraction.

  • Population790,248
  • Nearest water from center 5.1 km3.1 mi
  • Nearest mountain from center 17 km11 mi
Climate · monthly averages
J
20°68°
230mm9.1in
F
20°68°
195mm7.7in
M
20°69°
180mm7.0in
A
21°69°
55mm2.1in
M
21°70°
5mm0.1in
J
20°67°
0mm0.0in
J
19°67°
0mm0.0in
A
22°71°
0mm0.0in
S
24°75°
10mm0.4in
O
23°73°
70mm2.8in
N
21°70°
180mm7.0in
D
20°68°
215mm8.4in
Avg temp · total precipitation, 1991–2020 monthly normals · ERA5-Land · methodology ↗
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