Climate averages 1991–2020
Kananga weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kananga: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 181 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miabi (114 km away). In October its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Kananga, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kananga ranks joint 37th of 60 for the warmest October highs and joint 44th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Kananga is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 181 mm to 186 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Miabi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 159 mm rain
- Mweka in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Tshikapa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Gandajika in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Kabinda in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 230 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Dundo in OctoberAngola · 241 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 170 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.