Climate averages 1991–2020

Kongolo weather
in February.

A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.5°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 21.7°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 145 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Kongolo: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 145 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabalo (75 km away). In February its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Kongolo, with 138 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kongolo ranks joint 32nd of 60 for the warmest February highs and 42nd of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Kongolo is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 145 mm to 163 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kongolo climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kongolo, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	28.7°C21.3°C	21.3°C	192	23.2	12.412 h
February, selected	29.5°C21.7°C	21.7°C	145	18.4	12.312 h
March	29.6°C21.8°C	21.8°C	163	20.4	12.112 h
April	29.9°C21.9°C	21.9°C	108	15.9	12.012 h
May	32.1°C22.1°C	22.1°C	20	4.9	11.912 h
June	33.6°C21.8°C	21.8°C	3.3	0.6	11.812 h
July	34.0°C21.5°C	21.5°C	1.5	0.3	11.812 h
August	33.6°C22.0°C	22.0°C	16	3.3	11.912 h
September	31.8°C22.0°C	22.0°C	61	10.5	12.112 h
October	29.6°C21.6°C	21.6°C	156	21.1	12.212 h
November	28.3°C21.2°C	21.2°C	219	23.9	12.412 h
December	28.1°C21.1°C	21.1°C	217	25.4	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Kongolo

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kongolo) is explained once on the Kongolo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.