Climate averages 1991–2020
Kinshasa weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Kinshasa: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Brazzaville (8 km away). In October its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Kinshasa, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa ranks 10th of 60 for the warmest October highs and joint 15th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Kinshasa is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 112 mm to 183 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Brazzaville in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 8 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Masina in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 11 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Inkisi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 94 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Kimpese in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 168 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Nkayi in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 225 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in OctoberAngola · 246 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 255 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 178 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.