Climate averages 1991–2020
Kalima weather
in June.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Kalima: daytime highs average 32.0°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 3.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes June a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalemie (120 km away). In June its highs average 27.2°C, 4.9°C cooler than Kalima, with 2.3 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalima ranks 9th of 60 for the warmest June highs and 24th of 60 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 60 cities is 29.3°C; Kalima is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 3.7 mm to 1.4 mm.
The annual picture
June 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 | 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, selected | 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
June in nearby cities
- Kalemie in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.9°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Kongolo in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 135 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 3.3 mm rain
- Kabalo in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 157 kmHigh 34.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 2.6 mm rain
- Kigoma in JuneTanzania · 170 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 23.1°C · 11 mm rain
- Kasongo in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 208 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 14 mm rain
- Manono in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Kasulu in JuneTanzania · 232 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 245 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.7°C · 3.4 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.