Climate averages 1991–2020
Gandajika weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Gandajika: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene-Ditu (63 km away). In September its highs average 29.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Gandajika, with 104 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gandajika ranks joint 21st of 60 for the warmest September highs and 27th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Gandajika is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 142 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Mwene-Ditu in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 63 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 79 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Miabi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 85 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Kanyama in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 89 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Kabinda in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 89 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 128 mm rain
- Kananga in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Kamina in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Kabalo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 336 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 50 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.