Climate averages 1991–2020

Gandajika weather
in February.

A hot, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.5°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 20.0°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 138 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Gandajika: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 19 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 Mwene-Ditu (63 km away). In February its highs average 28.4°C, 1.1°C cooler than Gandajika, with 158 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gandajika ranks joint 32nd of 60 for the warmest February highs and joint 39th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Gandajika is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs stay level at 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 138 mm to 168 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Gandajika climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Gandajika, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.8°C19.8°C	19.8°C	154	22.5	12.512 h
February, selected	29.5°C20.0°C	20.0°C	138	19.4	12.312 h
March	29.5°C20.1°C	20.1°C	168	22.4	12.112 h
April	29.7°C20.0°C	20.0°C	129	18.7	12.012 h
May	31.0°C19.8°C	19.8°C	27	5.1	11.812 h
June	31.8°C18.6°C	18.6°C	2.7	0.6	11.712 h
July	32.3°C18.5°C	18.5°C	0.9	0.2	11.812 h
August	32.1°C19.7°C	19.7°C	20	4.2	11.912 h
September	30.5°C20.1°C	20.1°C	87	15.8	12.112 h
October	29.1°C19.8°C	19.8°C	142	22.5	12.212 h
November	28.7°C19.6°C	19.6°C	177	24.8	12.412 h
December	28.4°C19.6°C	19.6°C	177	24.7	12.513 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

Distance from Gandajika

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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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gandajika) is explained once on the Gandajika year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.