Climate averages 1991–2020

Kanyama weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 32.3°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 18.9°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Kanyama: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 44 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Gandajika (89 km away). In July its highs average 32.3°C, about as warm as Kanyama, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kanyama ranks joint 11th of 60 for the warmest July highs and joint 21st of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Kanyama is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 13 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

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
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	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, selected	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

July 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.