Climate averages 1991–2020
Kindu weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kindu: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasongo (184 km away). In July its highs average 32.3°C, 1.8°C warmer than Kindu, with 8.8 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kindu ranks 24th of 60 for the warmest July highs and 43rd of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Kindu is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 74 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kasongo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 184 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Lodja in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 24 mm rain
- Kongolo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 34.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 1.5 mm rain
- Bukavu in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 15.4°C · 8.9 mm rain
- Uvira in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 361 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Kabalo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 363 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Kalima in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 380 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Bujumbura in JulyBurundi · 385 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 3.8 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.