Climate averages 1991–2020
Kindu weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Kindu: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasongo (184 km away). In April its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Kindu, with 165 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kindu ranks 34th of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 43rd of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Kindu is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 166 mm to 110 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Kindu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 145 | 19.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 136 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 162 | 21.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 166 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 110 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 30.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| August | 30.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 74 | 14.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 137 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 211 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 212 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 190 | 24.4 | 12.312 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
April in nearby cities
- Kasongo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 184 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.2°C · 165 mm rain
- Lodja in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Kongolo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Bukavu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 16.2°C · 202 mm rain
- Uvira in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 361 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Kabalo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 363 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Kalima in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 380 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Bujumbura in AprilBurundi · 385 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 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 Kindu) is explained once on the Kindu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.