Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbanza Kongo weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Mbanza Kongo: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimpese (81 km away). In February its highs average 30.3°C, 1.3°C warmer than Mbanza Kongo, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Mbanza Kongo ranks 17th of 47 for the warmest February highs and 26th of 47 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 47 cities is 28.4°C; Mbanza Kongo is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 127 mm to 152 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kimpese in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 81 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 104 mm rain
- Matadi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Boma in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 139 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 146 mm rain
- Inkisi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 155 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Uíge in FebruaryAngola · 175 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 161 mm rain
- Negage in FebruaryAngola · 201 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 17.6°C · 150 mm rain
- Soyo in FebruaryAngola · 207 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 94 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.