Climate averages 1991–2020
Kimpese weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kimpese: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbanza-Ngungu (58 km away). In July its highs average 27.2°C, 1.7°C cooler than Kimpese, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kimpese ranks joint 36th of 60 for the warmest July highs and 12th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Kimpese is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.4 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Mbanza-Ngungu in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 58 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in JulyAngola · 81 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Inkisi in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 84 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Matadi in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 112 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.3°C · 1.7 mm rain
- Boma in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 156 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 18.8°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Kinshasa in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 168 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Masina in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Brazzaville in JulyRepublic of the Congo · 172 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.6 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.