Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilebo weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Ilebo: daytime highs average 31.8°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mweka (122 km away). In July its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Ilebo, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ilebo ranks 18th of 60 for the warmest July highs and joint 40th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Ilebo is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 67 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Mweka in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Idiofa in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 11 mm rain
- Kikwit in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.6°C · 7.4 mm rain
- Bulungu in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 9.0 mm rain
- Tshikapa in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Kananga in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Chitato in JulyAngola · 331 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 18.0°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Dundo in JulyAngola · 338 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.6 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.