Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilebo 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 Ilebo: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 138 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mweka (122 km away). In April its highs average 28.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ilebo, with 163 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ilebo ranks joint 32nd of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 22nd of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Ilebo is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 138 mm to 81 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
Ilebo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 127 | 19.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 127 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 145 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 138 | 21.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 81 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 23 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| July | 31.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 67 | 13.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 123 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 149 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 158 | 23.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 153 | 23.1 | 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
- Mweka in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Idiofa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Kikwit in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 166 mm rain
- Bulungu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 164 mm rain
- Tshikapa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 153 mm rain
- Kananga in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Chitato in AprilAngola · 331 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Dundo in AprilAngola · 338 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.3°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 Ilebo) is explained once on the Ilebo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.