Climate averages 1991–2020
Kindu weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Kindu: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes September a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasongo (184 km away). In September its highs average 29.6°C, about as warm as Kindu, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kindu ranks joint 31st of 60 for the warmest September highs and 44th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Kindu is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 137 mm to 211 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kasongo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 184 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 106 mm rain
- Lodja in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 117 mm rain
- Kongolo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Bukavu in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 85 mm rain
- Uvira in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 361 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Kabalo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 363 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 50 mm rain
- Kalima in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 380 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.1°C · 55 mm rain
- Bujumbura in SeptemberBurundi · 385 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.8 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.