Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalemie weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Kalemie: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalima (120 km away). In April its highs average 29.3°C, 3.1°C warmer than Kalemie, with 101 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalemie ranks 51st of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 50th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Kalemie is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 180 mm to 61 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
Kalemie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 26.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 108 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 92 | 17.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 26.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 148 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 180 | 23.2 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.7°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 61 | 10.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.3 | 0.7 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 2.9 | 0.6 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 11 | 2.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 58 | 10.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 111 | 18.1 | 12.412 h |
| December | 26.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 123 | 23.3 | 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
- Kalima in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Kigoma in AprilTanzania · 128 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 264 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 140 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 175 mm rain
- Kasulu in AprilTanzania · 183 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Mpanda in AprilTanzania · 212 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 18.1°C · 116 mm rain
- Manono in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Kongolo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Kabalo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 252 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 129 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 Kalemie) is explained once on the Kalemie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.