Climate averages 1991–2020
Kikwit weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kikwit: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 106 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes September a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulungu (60 km away). In September its highs average 31.5°C, about as warm as Kikwit, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kikwit ranks 14th of 60 for the warmest September highs and joint 32nd of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Kikwit is 1.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.3°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 106 mm to 167 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Bulungu in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Idiofa in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 86 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Ilebo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 123 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 99 mm rain
- Tshikapa in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Mweka in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 305 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Chitato in SeptemberAngola · 329 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Dundo in SeptemberAngola · 340 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 106 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.