Climate averages 1991–2020
Gandajika weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Gandajika: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene-Ditu (63 km away). In October its highs average 28.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Gandajika, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gandajika ranks joint 26th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 25th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Gandajika is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 142 mm to 177 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
Gandajika climate table
| 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mwene-Ditu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 63 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 79 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 159 mm rain
- Miabi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 85 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Kanyama in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 89 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 168 mm rain
- Kabinda in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 89 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Kananga in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 181 mm rain
- Kamina in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Kabalo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 336 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 138 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 Gandajika) is explained once on the Gandajika year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.