Climate averages 1991–2020

Kalemie weather
in July.

A warm, very dry month: the joint 5th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.2°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 20.3°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Kalemie: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.

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 49 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalima (120 km away). In July its highs average 32.5°C, 5.2°C warmer than Kalemie, with 1.4 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalemie ranks joint 43rd of 60 for the warmest July highs and 20th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Kalemie is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 2.9 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kalemie, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Kalemie

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 limits

How 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.