Climate averages 1991–2020

Idiofa weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.4°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 19.2°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 11 mm 3 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Idiofa: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (86 km away). In July its highs average 32.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Idiofa, with 7.4 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Idiofa ranks joint 22nd of 60 for the warmest July highs and 38th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Idiofa is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 56 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Idiofa, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Idiofa

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 limits

How 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.