Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabalo weather
in September.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kabalo: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 50 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kongolo (75 km away). In September its highs average 31.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kabalo, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kabalo ranks 5th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 23rd of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Kabalo is 3.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 50 mm to 138 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kongolo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 75 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Manono in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Kalima in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 157 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Kasongo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 183 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Mulongo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Kalemie in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 252 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Kabinda in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 269 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 128 mm rain
- Kigoma in SeptemberTanzania · 327 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 24 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.