Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalemie weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kalemie: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 58 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalima (120 km away). In October its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Kalemie, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalemie ranks joint 28th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 8th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Kalemie is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.0°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 58 mm to 111 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kalima in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Kigoma in OctoberTanzania · 128 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 140 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 73 mm rain
- Kasulu in OctoberTanzania · 183 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.1°C · 136 mm rain
- Mpanda in OctoberTanzania · 212 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 20.0°C · 25 mm rain
- Manono in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Kongolo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 156 mm rain
- Kabalo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 252 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 138 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.