Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalima weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kalima: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalemie (120 km away). In April its highs average 26.2°C, 3.1°C cooler than Kalima, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalima ranks joint 30th of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 10th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Kalima is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 101 mm to 27 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
Kalima climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 198 | 24.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.6°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 148 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 169 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.3°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 101 | 14.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.0°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 27 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 3.7 | 0.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.5°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| August | 32.5°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.4°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 55 | 11.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 160 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 242 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 223 | 26.5 | 12.412 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
- Kalemie in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Kongolo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 135 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Kabalo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 157 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Kigoma in AprilTanzania · 170 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 264 mm rain
- Kasongo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 208 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Manono in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Kasulu in AprilTanzania · 232 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.5°C · 172 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 245 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 175 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 Kalima) is explained once on the Kalima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.