Climate averages 1991–2020
Lisala weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Lisala: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 71 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bumba (106 km away). In February its highs average 32.7°C, 0.6°C warmer than Lisala, with 70 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lisala ranks 8th of 60 for the warmest February highs and 11th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Lisala is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 71 mm to 136 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
Lisala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 45 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| February, selected | 32.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 71 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 136 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 142 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 118 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 103 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 116 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 161 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 185 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 146 | 23.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 60 | 11.9 | 12.012 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
- Bumba in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Binga in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 116 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Gemena in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Gbadolite in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 31 mm rain
- Basoko in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Buta in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Bangui in FebruaryCentral African Republic · 410 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Bambari in FebruaryCentral African Republic · 413 kmHigh 36.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 16 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 Lisala) is explained once on the Lisala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.