Climate averages 1991–2020

Lodja weather
in February.

A hot, wet month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.5°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 21.9°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 104 mm 17 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Lodja: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 104 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes February a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kindu (266 km away). In February its highs average 30.0°C, 0.5°C cooler than Lodja, with 136 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lodja ranks joint 17th of 60 for the warmest February highs and joint 21st of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Lodja is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.

From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 104 mm to 131 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

Lodja climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Lodja, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January	29.8°C21.6°C	21.6°C	112	18.3	12.312 h
February, selected	30.5°C21.9°C	21.9°C	104	17.1	12.212 h
March	30.2°C21.9°C	21.9°C	131	20.6	12.112 h
April	29.4°C22.0°C	22.0°C	140	21.6	12.012 h
May	29.8°C21.9°C	21.9°C	85	16.2	12.012 h
June	30.7°C21.1°C	21.1°C	29	6.6	11.912 h
July	31.6°C20.9°C	20.9°C	24	5.2	11.912 h
August	30.5°C21.4°C	21.4°C	73	14.8	12.012 h
September	29.7°C21.3°C	21.3°C	117	21.3	12.112 h
October	29.4°C21.3°C	21.3°C	146	24.3	12.212 h
November	28.9°C21.3°C	21.3°C	148	23.6	12.312 h
December	28.9°C21.4°C	21.4°C	132	21.4	12.312 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 Lodja

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 Lodja) is explained once on the Lodja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.