Climate averages 1991–2020
Lisala weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Lisala: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes November a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bumba (106 km away). In November its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Lisala, with 145 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lisala ranks joint 23rd of 60 for the warmest November highs and 14th of 60 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Lisala is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 146 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Bumba in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 145 mm rain
- Binga in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 116 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Gemena in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 138 mm rain
- Gbadolite in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 95 mm rain
- Basoko in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 149 mm rain
- Buta in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 140 mm rain
- Bangui in NovemberCentral African Republic · 410 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Bambari in NovemberCentral African Republic · 413 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 65 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.