Climate averages 1991–2020
Kinshasa weather
in July.
A hot, very dry month: the joint 6th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kinshasa: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brazzaville (8 km away). In July its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Kinshasa, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa ranks joint 25th of 60 for the warmest July highs and joint 15th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Kinshasa is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 4.7 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
Kinshasa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 116 | 20.9 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 103 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 109 | 17.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 140 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 73 | 14.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 29.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 4.0 | 1.2 | 11.912 h |
| July, selected | 29.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 4.7 | 1.0 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 16 | 5.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 112 | 18.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 183 | 25.0 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.9°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 156 | 24.9 | 12.412 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
- Brazzaville in JulyRepublic of the Congo · 8 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Masina in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 11 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Inkisi in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 94 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 18.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 16.7°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Kimpese in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 168 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 18.5°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Nkayi in JulyRepublic of the Congo · 225 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 0.9 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in JulyAngola · 246 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 16.8°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 255 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 12 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 Kinshasa) is explained once on the Kinshasa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Brazzaville lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures come from the same 0.1° cell and differ only by the elevation adjustment.