Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilebo weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th 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 Ilebo: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes February a wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mweka (122 km away). In February its highs average 29.2°C, 0.9°C cooler than Ilebo, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ilebo ranks joint 22nd of 60 for the warmest February highs and 29th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Ilebo is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 127 mm to 145 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mweka in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 137 mm rain
- Idiofa in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Kikwit in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 112 mm rain
- Bulungu in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 137 mm rain
- Tshikapa in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Kananga in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Chitato in FebruaryAngola · 331 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Dundo in FebruaryAngola · 338 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 149 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.