Climate averages 1991–2020

Kalima weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: one of the warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 32.5°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 19.6°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 1.4 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Kalima: daytime highs average 32.5°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.

Expect about 1.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalemie (120 km away). In July its highs average 27.2°C, 5.2°C cooler than Kalima, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalima ranks joint 9th of 60 for the warmest July highs and 24th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Kalima is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.4 mm to 13 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

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	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, selected	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

July 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.