Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabalo weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Kabalo: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 48 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kongolo (75 km away). In July its highs average 34.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kabalo, with 1.5 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kabalo ranks 1st of 60 for the warmest July highs and joint 15th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Kabalo is 5.3°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 34.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 12 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kongolo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 75 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Manono in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kalima in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 157 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Kasongo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 183 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Mulongo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Kalemie in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 252 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Kabinda in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 269 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Kigoma in JulyTanzania · 327 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 1.3 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.