Climate averages 1991–2020

Gandajika weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 32.3°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 18.5°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Gandajika: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 46 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene-Ditu (63 km away). In July its highs average 31.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Gandajika, with 1.3 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gandajika ranks joint 11th of 60 for the warmest July highs and joint 21st of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Gandajika is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 20 mm.

The annual picture

July 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	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Gandajika

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 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.