Climate averages 1991–2020
Lodja weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Lodja: daytime highs average 29.7°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 117 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes September a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kindu (266 km away). In September its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Lodja, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lodja ranks joint 27th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 37th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Lodja is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 117 mm to 146 mm.
The annual picture
September 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 | 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kindu in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 137 mm rain
- Mweka in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 270 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 109 mm rain
- Kananga in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 295 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Miabi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 301 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Kabinda in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 307 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 128 mm rain
- Ilebo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 346 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 123 mm rain
- Kasongo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 355 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.0°C · 106 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.