Climate averages 1991–2020
Idiofa weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Idiofa: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes February a wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (86 km away). In February its highs average 30.6°C, 1.0°C warmer than Idiofa, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Idiofa ranks joint 29th of 60 for the warmest February highs and joint 30th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Idiofa is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 128 mm to 162 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kikwit in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 86 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 112 mm rain
- Bulungu in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 137 mm rain
- Ilebo in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 127 mm rain
- Tshikapa in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Mweka in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 137 mm rain
- Chitato in FebruaryAngola · 289 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Dundo in FebruaryAngola · 299 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 149 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 306 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 133 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.