Climate averages 1991–2020
Kananga weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kananga: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes September a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miabi (114 km away). In September its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Kananga, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kananga ranks joint 31st of 60 for the warmest September highs and 43rd of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Kananga is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 136 mm to 181 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Miabi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Mweka in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Tshikapa in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Gandajika in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Kabinda in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 230 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 128 mm rain
- Dundo in SeptemberAngola · 241 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 106 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.