Climate averages 1991–2020
Kananga weather
in November.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Kananga: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes November a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miabi (114 km away). In November its highs average 28.7°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kananga, with 183 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kananga ranks joint 34th of 60 for the warmest November highs and joint 38th of 60 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kananga is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 186 mm to 159 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Miabi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 183 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Mweka in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 182 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 18.8°C · 193 mm rain
- Tshikapa in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Gandajika in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 177 mm rain
- Kabinda in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 230 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Dundo in NovemberAngola · 241 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 207 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.