Climate averages 1991–2020
Kisangani weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Kisangani: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 91 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basoko (193 km away). In February its highs average 32.3°C, 0.8°C warmer than Kisangani, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisangani ranks 10th of 60 for the warmest February highs and 13th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Kisangani is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 91 mm to 161 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Kisangani climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 70 | 12.8 | 12.112 h |
| February, selected | 31.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 91 | 14.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 161 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 161 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 122 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.0°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 96 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 96 | 19.4 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 138 | 23.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.7°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 165 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 186 | 26.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 182 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 107 | 18.8 | 12.112 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
February in nearby cities
- Basoko in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Babamba in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Buta in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Bumba in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 355 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Isiro in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 368 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Kindu in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 393 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.5°C · 136 mm rain
- Lisala in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 447 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Butembo in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 458 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 58 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 Kisangani) is explained once on the Kisangani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.