Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabalo weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kabalo: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kongolo (75 km away). In April its highs average 29.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Kabalo, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kabalo ranks joint 4th of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 18th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Kabalo is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 26 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
Kabalo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 165 | 21.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 138 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 166 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 129 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 26 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 34.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 2.6 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| July | 34.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 34.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 32.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 50 | 8.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 138 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 199 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 192 | 24.1 | 12.512 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
- Kongolo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 75 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Manono in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Kalima in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 157 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Kasongo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 183 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Mulongo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Kalemie in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 252 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Kabinda in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 269 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Kigoma in AprilTanzania · 327 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 264 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 Kabalo) is explained once on the Kabalo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.