Climate averages 1991–2020
Gemena weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Gemena: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a wet month (the joint 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Binga (127 km away). In April its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Gemena, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gemena ranks 3rd of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 22nd of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Gemena is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 138 mm to 114 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
Gemena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 27 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| February | 33.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 51 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 132 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 138 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 114 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 95 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 123 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 162 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 159 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 182 | 25.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 138 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 44 | 8.5 | 11.912 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
- Binga in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 127 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 142 mm rain
- Gbadolite in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 147 mm rain
- Bangui in AprilCentral African Republic · 183 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 111 mm rain
- Bimbo in AprilCentral African Republic · 187 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Bégoua in AprilCentral African Republic · 191 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 23.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Lisala in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Bambari in AprilCentral African Republic · 297 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 119 mm rain
- Bumba in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 322 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 143 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 Gemena) is explained once on the Gemena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.