Climate averages 1991–2020
Kananga weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kananga: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 6.0 mm of rain on roughly 1 day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miabi (114 km away). In July its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Kananga, with 2.3 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kananga ranks 15th of 60 for the warmest July highs and 33rd of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Kananga is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 6.0 mm to 52 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Miabi in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Mweka in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Tshikapa in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Gandajika in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 18.5°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Kabinda in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 230 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Dundo in JulyAngola · 241 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 18.4°C · 0.6 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.