Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbanza Kongo weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Mbanza Kongo: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 229 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimpese (81 km away). In April its highs average 30.0°C, 1.4°C warmer than Mbanza Kongo, with 176 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Mbanza Kongo ranks joint 21st of 47 for the warmest April highs and 43rd of 47 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 47 cities is 28.1°C; Mbanza Kongo is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 229 mm to 90 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Mbanza Kongo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 154 | 21.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 127 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 152 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 229 | 24.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 90 | 14.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 91 | 15.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 207 | 24.2 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 201 | 24.4 | 12.512 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Kimpese in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 81 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Matadi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 193 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 201 mm rain
- Boma in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 139 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 184 mm rain
- Inkisi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 155 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Uíge in AprilAngola · 175 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 327 mm rain
- Negage in AprilAngola · 201 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.6°C · 257 mm rain
- Soyo in AprilAngola · 207 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 100 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mbanza Kongo) is explained once on the Mbanza Kongo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.