Climate averages 1991–2020
Idiofa weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Idiofa: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 168 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (86 km away). In October its highs average 29.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Idiofa, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Idiofa ranks joint 30th of 60 for the warmest October highs and joint 35th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Idiofa is level with that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 168 mm to 185 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kikwit in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 86 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 167 mm rain
- Bulungu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Ilebo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Tshikapa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Mweka in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Chitato in OctoberAngola · 289 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 170 mm rain
- Dundo in OctoberAngola · 299 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 170 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 306 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 178 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.