Climate averages 1991–2020
Kindu weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kindu: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasongo (184 km away). In October its highs average 28.1°C, 0.7°C cooler than Kindu, with 206 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kindu ranks joint 34th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 54th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Kindu is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 211 mm to 212 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kasongo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 184 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.7°C · 206 mm rain
- Lodja in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Kongolo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 156 mm rain
- Bukavu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 239 mm rain
- Uvira in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 361 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Kabalo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 363 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.8°C · 138 mm rain
- Kalima in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 380 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Bujumbura in OctoberBurundi · 385 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 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.