Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilebo weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Ilebo: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 149 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mweka (122 km away). In October its highs average 28.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Ilebo, with 173 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ilebo ranks joint 22nd of 60 for the warmest October highs and 27th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Ilebo is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 149 mm to 158 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mweka in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Idiofa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 168 mm rain
- Kikwit in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 167 mm rain
- Bulungu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Tshikapa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Kananga in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 181 mm rain
- Chitato in OctoberAngola · 331 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 170 mm rain
- Dundo in OctoberAngola · 338 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 170 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.