Climate averages 1991–2020
Kikwit weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Kikwit: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes November a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulungu (60 km away). In November its highs average 29.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Kikwit, with 195 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kikwit ranks 16th of 60 for the warmest November highs and 28th of 60 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Kikwit is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 178 mm to 148 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Bulungu in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 195 mm rain
- Idiofa in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 86 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 185 mm rain
- Ilebo in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 158 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 186 mm rain
- Tshikapa in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.5°C · 177 mm rain
- Mweka in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 305 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 182 mm rain
- Chitato in NovemberAngola · 329 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 207 mm rain
- Dundo in NovemberAngola · 340 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 207 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.