Climate averages 1991–2020
Kindu weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Kindu: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes February a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasongo (184 km away). In February its highs average 28.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Kindu, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kindu ranks joint 24th of 60 for the warmest February highs and 36th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Kindu is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 136 mm to 162 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Kasongo in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 184 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.1°C · 157 mm rain
- Lodja in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Kongolo in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 145 mm rain
- Bukavu in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Uvira in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 361 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Kabalo in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 363 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Kalima in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 380 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.9°C · 148 mm rain
- Bujumbura in FebruaryBurundi · 385 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 92 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.