Climate averages 1991–2020
Bolenge weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Bolenge: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbandaka (7 km away). In April its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Bolenge, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bolenge ranks joint 14th of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 36th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Bolenge is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 159 mm to 128 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
Bolenge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 89 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| February | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 120 | 16.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 156 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 159 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 128 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 92 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 94 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| August | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 155 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 189 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 205 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 182 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 120 | 20.0 | 12.112 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
- Mbandaka in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 7 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 159 mm rain
- Binga in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 366 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 142 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 380 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 167 mm rain
- Gemena in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 401 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 138 mm rain
- Lisala in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 438 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Bimbo in AprilCentral African Republic · 474 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Bangui in AprilCentral African Republic · 486 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Bégoua in AprilCentral African Republic · 497 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 119 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 Bolenge) is explained once on the Bolenge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Mbandaka lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.