Climate averages 1991–2020
Kikwit weather
in June.
A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Kikwit: daytime highs average 31.4°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 13 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes June a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulungu (60 km away). In June its highs average 32.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kikwit, with 18 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kikwit ranks joint 13th of 60 for the warmest June highs and joint 33rd of 60 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 60 cities is 29.3°C; Kikwit is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 32.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 13 mm to 7.4 mm.
The annual picture
June 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
Kikwit climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 116 | 19.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 112 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 133 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 166 | 23.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 83 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| June, selected | 31.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 7.4 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 41 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 106 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 167 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 178 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 148 | 23.3 | 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
June in nearby cities
- Bulungu in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.6°C · 18 mm rain
- Idiofa in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 86 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Ilebo in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Tshikapa in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Mweka in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 305 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Chitato in JuneAngola · 329 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 18.0°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Dundo in JuneAngola · 340 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 18.4°C · 4.2 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 Kikwit) is explained once on the Kikwit year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.