Climate averages 1991–2020

Kasongo weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the 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 20.5°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 8.8 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Kasongo: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 8.8 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kongolo (113 km away). In July its highs average 34.0°C, 1.8°C warmer than Kasongo, with 1.5 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasongo ranks joint 11th of 60 for the warmest July highs and 35th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Kasongo is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.8 mm to 43 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

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	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, selected	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

July 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.