Climate averages 1991–2020

Kalima weather
in February.

A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

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

Average high 28.6°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 19.9°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 148 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Kalima: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 148 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalemie (120 km away). In February its highs average 27.3°C, 1.3°C cooler than Kalima, with 92 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalima ranks 42nd of 60 for the warmest February highs and 44th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Kalima is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 148 mm to 169 mm.

The annual picture

February 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

Kalima climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kalima, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Kalima

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 Kalima) is explained once on the Kalima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.