Climate averages 1991–2020
Idiofa weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Idiofa: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (86 km away). In April its highs average 29.7°C, 0.9°C warmer than Idiofa, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Idiofa ranks joint 37th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 35th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Idiofa is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 157 mm to 72 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
Idiofa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 128 | 21.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 128 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 162 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 157 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 72 | 14.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 56 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 123 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 168 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 185 | 25.6 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 161 | 25.3 | 12.412 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
- Kikwit in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 86 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 166 mm rain
- Bulungu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 164 mm rain
- Ilebo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Tshikapa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 153 mm rain
- Mweka in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Chitato in AprilAngola · 289 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Dundo in AprilAngola · 299 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 306 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 167 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 Idiofa) is explained once on the Idiofa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.