Climate averages 1991–2020

Kamina weather
in October.

A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

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

Average high 28.4°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 19.0°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 123 mm 20 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a hot month in Kamina: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 123 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bukama (108 km away). In October its highs average 32.9°C, 4.4°C warmer than Kamina, with 76 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kamina ranks joint 43rd of 60 for the warmest October highs and 21st of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Kamina is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 26.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 123 mm to 210 mm.

The annual picture

October 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

Kamina climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kamina, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	26.2°C18.3°C	18.3°C	217	26.4	12.613 h
February	26.8°C18.6°C	18.6°C	180	23.1	12.412 h
March	26.9°C18.6°C	18.6°C	199	24.7	12.212 h
April	27.3°C18.7°C	18.7°C	89	13.7	11.912 h
May	29.0°C18.9°C	18.9°C	7.4	1.5	11.712 h
June	29.5°C17.8°C	17.8°C	0.4	0.1	11.612 h
July	29.8°C17.6°C	17.6°C	0.2	0.1	11.712 h
August	31.2°C19.2°C	19.2°C	3.5	0.7	11.812 h
September	30.8°C19.5°C	19.5°C	35	6.5	12.012 h
October, selected	28.4°C19.0°C	19.0°C	123	19.8	12.312 h
November	26.7°C18.3°C	18.3°C	210	25.6	12.513 h
December	26.1°C18.2°C	18.2°C	224	27.0	12.613 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Kamina

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