Climate averages 1991–2020
Inkisi weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Inkisi: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbanza-Ngungu (26 km away). In April its highs average 27.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than Inkisi, with 201 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Inkisi ranks joint 30th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 46th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Inkisi is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 174 mm to 82 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
Inkisi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 134 | 22.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 100 | 17.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 128 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 174 | 24.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 82 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 21 | 6.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 116 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 203 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 179 | 25.6 | 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
- Mbanza-Ngungu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 26 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 201 mm rain
- Kimpese in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 84 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Masina in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 91 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 186 mm rain
- Kinshasa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 94 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Brazzaville in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 99 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in AprilAngola · 155 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Matadi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 193 mm rain
- Nkayi in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 222 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 150 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 Inkisi) is explained once on the Inkisi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.