Climate averages 1991–2020
Kikwit weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kikwit: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 167 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulungu (60 km away). In October its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Kikwit, with 192 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kikwit ranks 17th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 34th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Kikwit is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 167 mm to 178 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bulungu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 192 mm rain
- Idiofa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 86 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 168 mm rain
- Ilebo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Tshikapa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Mweka in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 305 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Chitato in OctoberAngola · 329 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 170 mm rain
- Dundo in OctoberAngola · 340 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 170 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.