Climate averages 1991–2020
Boma weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Boma: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 24.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 184 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Matadi (45 km away). In April its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Boma, with 193 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Boma ranks joint 10th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 54th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Boma is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 184 mm to 63 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
Boma climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 176 | 21.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 146 | 19.3 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.8°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 147 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 184 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.5°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 63 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 3.1 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.2 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 5.5 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 12 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 52 | 10.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 155 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 187 | 23.4 | 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
- Matadi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 45 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 193 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 76 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Soyo in AprilAngola · 82 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Cabinda in AprilAngola · 100 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 187 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in AprilAngola · 139 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Kimpese in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 156 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Nkayi in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 187 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 150 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 Boma) is explained once on the Boma year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.