Climate averages 1991–2020
Lisala weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Lisala: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 185 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bumba (106 km away). In October its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Lisala, with 179 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lisala ranks 42nd of 60 for the warmest October highs and 47th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Lisala is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 185 mm to 146 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Bumba in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 179 mm rain
- Binga in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 116 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 177 mm rain
- Gemena in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 182 mm rain
- Gbadolite in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 181 mm rain
- Basoko in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 172 mm rain
- Buta in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Bangui in OctoberCentral African Republic · 410 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 189 mm rain
- Bambari in OctoberCentral African Republic · 413 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 206 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.