Climate averages 1991–2020
Lodja weather
in July.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Lodja: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes July a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kindu (266 km away). In July its highs average 30.5°C, 1.1°C cooler than Lodja, with 33 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lodja ranks 20th of 60 for the warmest July highs and 42nd of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Lodja is 2.1°C warmer than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 73 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
Lodja climate table
| 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Kindu in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Mweka in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 270 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.3°C · 16 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 19.0°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Kananga in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 295 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Miabi in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 301 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.6°C · 2.3 mm rain
- Kabinda in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 307 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Ilebo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 346 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 21.5°C · 16 mm rain
- Kasongo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 355 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 20.5°C · 8.8 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 Lodja) is explained once on the Lodja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.