Climate averages 1991–2020
Gemena weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Gemena: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Binga (127 km away). In October its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Gemena, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gemena ranks joint 34th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 46th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Gemena is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 182 mm to 138 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Binga in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 127 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 177 mm rain
- Gbadolite in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Bangui in OctoberCentral African Republic · 183 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 189 mm rain
- Bimbo in OctoberCentral African Republic · 187 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 189 mm rain
- Bégoua in OctoberCentral African Republic · 191 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.1°C · 212 mm rain
- Lisala in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 185 mm rain
- Bambari in OctoberCentral African Republic · 297 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 206 mm rain
- Bumba in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 322 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 179 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.