Climate averages 1991–2020

Kasongo weather
in February.

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.

Average high 28.9°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 21.1°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 157 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Kasongo: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 157 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kongolo (113 km away). In February its highs average 29.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kasongo, with 145 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasongo ranks joint 38th of 60 for the warmest February highs and 46th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Kasongo is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 157 mm to 194 mm.

The annual picture

February 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

Kasongo climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kasongo, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.2°C20.7°C	20.7°C	178	22.3	12.312 h
February, selected	28.9°C21.1°C	21.1°C	157	18.2	12.312 h
March	28.8°C21.2°C	21.2°C	194	21.7	12.112 h
April	28.8°C21.2°C	21.2°C	165	20.9	12.012 h
May	29.9°C21.1°C	21.1°C	64	11.5	11.912 h
June	31.3°C20.6°C	20.6°C	14	3.4	11.912 h
July	32.3°C20.5°C	20.5°C	8.8	2.2	11.912 h
August	31.2°C21.0°C	21.0°C	43	8.8	12.012 h
September	29.6°C21.0°C	21.0°C	106	17.7	12.112 h
October	28.1°C20.7°C	20.7°C	206	25.0	12.212 h
November	27.5°C20.5°C	20.5°C	245	25.7	12.312 h
December	27.6°C20.5°C	20.5°C	209	25.2	12.412 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 Kasongo

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 Kasongo) is explained once on the Kasongo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.