Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalemie weather
in September.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kalemie: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 4th 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 Kalima (120 km away). In September its highs average 31.4°C, 1.6°C warmer than Kalemie, with 55 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalemie ranks joint 24th of 60 for the warmest September highs and joint 8th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Kalemie is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 58 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kalima in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Kigoma in SeptemberTanzania · 128 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 24.2°C · 24 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 140 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 12 mm rain
- Kasulu in SeptemberTanzania · 183 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 17.8°C · 36 mm rain
- Mpanda in SeptemberTanzania · 212 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.8°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Manono in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Kongolo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Kabalo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 252 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 50 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.