Climate averages 1991–2020
Gemena weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Gemena: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 51 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Binga (127 km away). In February its highs average 32.4°C, 0.6°C cooler than Gemena, with 69 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gemena ranks 4th of 60 for the warmest February highs and 5th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Gemena is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 51 mm to 132 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Binga in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 127 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Gbadolite in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Bangui in FebruaryCentral African Republic · 183 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Bimbo in FebruaryCentral African Republic · 187 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Bégoua in FebruaryCentral African Republic · 191 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 25 mm rain
- Lisala in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Bambari in FebruaryCentral African Republic · 297 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 16 mm rain
- Bumba in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 322 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 70 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.