Climate averages 1991–2020
Gemena weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Gemena: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes July a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Binga (127 km away). In July its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Gemena, with 124 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gemena ranks joint 36th of 60 for the warmest July highs and 54th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Gemena is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 123 mm to 162 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Binga in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 127 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Gbadolite in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.0°C · 126 mm rain
- Bangui in JulyCentral African Republic · 183 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Bimbo in JulyCentral African Republic · 187 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Bégoua in JulyCentral African Republic · 191 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 136 mm rain
- Lisala in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Bambari in JulyCentral African Republic · 297 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 149 mm rain
- Bumba in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 322 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 119 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.