Climate averages 1991–2020
Kisangani weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the joint 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Kisangani: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes July a wet month (the joint 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basoko (193 km away). In July its highs average 29.4°C, 0.5°C warmer than Kisangani, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kisangani ranks joint 36th of 60 for the warmest July highs and 48th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Kisangani is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 138 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Basoko in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 102 mm rain
- Babamba in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 144 mm rain
- Buta in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Bumba in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 355 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.3°C · 119 mm rain
- Isiro in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 368 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 149 mm rain
- Kindu in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 393 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Lisala in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 447 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Butembo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 458 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 134 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.