Climate averages 1991–2020
Inkisi weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Inkisi: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbanza-Ngungu (26 km away). In October its highs average 28.0°C, 1.6°C cooler than Inkisi, with 113 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Inkisi ranks joint 19th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 18th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Inkisi is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 203 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mbanza-Ngungu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 26 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Kimpese in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 84 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Masina in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 91 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Kinshasa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 94 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Brazzaville in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 99 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in OctoberAngola · 155 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Matadi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Nkayi in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 222 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 83 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.