Climate averages 1991–2020
Kanyama weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kanyama: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gandajika (89 km away). In April its highs average 29.7°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kanyama, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kanyama ranks joint 35th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 20th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Kanyama is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 132 mm to 22 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kanyama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 183 | 24.2 | 12.513 h |
| February | 28.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 156 | 20.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.4°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 190 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 132 | 18.7 | 11.912 h |
| May | 30.9°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 22 | 4.4 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 1.9 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| July | 32.3°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| August | 32.5°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 90 | 16.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 168 | 25.1 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.5°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 199 | 27.0 | 12.512 h |
| December | 27.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 201 | 26.5 | 12.513 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
April in nearby cities
- Gandajika in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 89 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 129 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 136 mm rain
- Kabinda in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 157 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Kamina in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 163 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Miabi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 168 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Bukama in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Kananga in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 265 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 178 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 Kanyama) is explained once on the Kanyama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.