Climate averages 1991–2020
Bandundu Province weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Bandundu Province: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulungu (192 km away). In October its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Bandundu Province, with 192 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bandundu Province ranks 15th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 42nd of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Bandundu Province is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 178 mm to 186 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
Bandundu Province climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 131 | 20.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 133 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 154 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 167 | 22.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 104 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 31.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 23 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 32.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 43 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 99 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| October, selected | 30.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 178 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 186 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 176 | 24.8 | 12.312 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
- Bulungu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Kikwit in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 167 mm rain
- Masina in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Kinshasa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 255 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Brazzaville in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 256 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Idiofa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 306 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 168 mm rain
- Inkisi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 353 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 113 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 Bandundu Province) is explained once on the Bandundu Province year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.