Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbanza Kongo weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Mbanza Kongo: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimpese (81 km away). In October its highs average 30.1°C, 1.5°C warmer than Mbanza Kongo, with 75 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Mbanza Kongo ranks 25th of 47 for the warmest October highs and 28th of 47 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 47 cities is 28.7°C; Mbanza Kongo is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 207 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kimpese in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 81 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Matadi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Boma in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 139 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Inkisi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 155 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Uíge in OctoberAngola · 175 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.9°C · 237 mm rain
- Negage in OctoberAngola · 201 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 270 mm rain
- Soyo in OctoberAngola · 207 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 23.9°C · 18 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.