Climate averages 1991–2020
Kimpese weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Kimpese: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbanza-Ngungu (58 km away). In February its highs average 27.9°C, 2.5°C cooler than Kimpese, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kimpese ranks 20th of 60 for the warmest February highs and joint 21st of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Kimpese is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 130 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Kimpese climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 141 | 20.2 | 12.412 h |
| February, selected | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 104 | 16.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 130 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 176 | 22.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 69 | 13.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 28.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 3.4 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 75 | 13.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 179 | 23.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 180 | 24.6 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mbanza-Ngungu in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 58 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 20.3°C · 115 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in FebruaryAngola · 81 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.1°C · 127 mm rain
- Inkisi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 84 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 100 mm rain
- Matadi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 112 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Boma in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 156 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 146 mm rain
- Kinshasa in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 168 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 103 mm rain
- Masina in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Brazzaville in FebruaryRepublic of the Congo · 172 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.8°C · 103 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 Kimpese) is explained once on the Kimpese year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.