Climate averages 1991–2020
Kongolo weather
in July.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a very hot month in Kongolo: daytime highs average 34.0°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 1.5 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kabalo (75 km away). In July its highs average 34.7°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kongolo, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kongolo ranks 3rd of 60 for the warmest July highs and 25th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Kongolo is 4.6°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 33.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.5 mm to 16 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
Kongolo climate table
| 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kabalo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 75 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 21.4°C · 0.6 mm rain
- Kasongo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 113 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 8.8 mm rain
- Kalima in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 135 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.6°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Manono in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 217 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 21.2°C · 0.2 mm rain
- Kalemie in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 0.8 mm rain
- Mulongo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 0 mm rain
- Kabinda in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Kigoma in JulyTanzania · 296 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 22.5°C · 1.3 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 Kongolo) is explained once on the Kongolo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.