Climate averages 1991–2020

Kanyama weather
in February.

A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.1°C Daytime mean, February
Average low 19.4°C Night-time mean, February
Rainfall 156 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Kanyama · average highYear overview

February is a hot month in Kanyama: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gandajika (89 km away). In February its highs average 29.5°C, 1.4°C warmer than Kanyama, with 138 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kanyama ranks 45th of 60 for the warmest February highs and 45th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Kanyama is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 156 mm to 190 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 1520253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Kanyama, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 27.4°C19.1°C19.1°C18324.212.513 h
February, selected 28.1°C19.4°C19.4°C15620.712.312 h
March 28.4°C19.4°C19.4°C19024.512.112 h
April 28.9°C19.4°C19.4°C13218.711.912 h
May 30.9°C19.6°C19.6°C224.411.812 h
June 31.9°C19.1°C19.1°C1.90.411.712 h
July 32.3°C18.9°C18.9°C0.90.211.712 h
August 32.5°C19.5°C19.5°C133.411.912 h
September 30.6°C19.5°C19.5°C9016.512.112 h
October 28.4°C19.3°C19.3°C16825.112.312 h
November 27.5°C19.0°C19.0°C19927.012.512 h
December 27.1°C19.0°C19.0°C20126.512.513 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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Kanyama

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 limits

How 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.