Climate averages 1991–2020
Kananga weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kananga: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th 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 Miabi (114 km away). In April its highs average 29.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kananga, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kananga ranks joint 32nd of 60 for the warmest April highs and 49th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Kananga is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 178 mm to 64 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
Kananga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 131 | 19.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 128 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 176 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 178 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 64 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 9.9 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| August | 31.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 52 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 136 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 181 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 186 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 159 | 22.3 | 12.512 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
- Miabi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Mweka in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 136 mm rain
- Tshikapa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 153 mm rain
- Gandajika in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 129 mm rain
- Kabinda in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 230 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Dundo in AprilAngola · 241 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 178 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 Kananga) is explained once on the Kananga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.