Climate averages 1991–2020
Kananga weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Kananga: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 128 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes February a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miabi (114 km away). In February its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Kananga, with 128 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kananga ranks joint 32nd of 60 for the warmest February highs and joint 30th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Kananga is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 128 mm to 176 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Miabi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Mweka in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 137 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.2°C · 158 mm rain
- Tshikapa in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Gandajika in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 138 mm rain
- Kabinda in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 230 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 172 mm rain
- Dundo in FebruaryAngola · 241 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 149 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.