Climate averages 1991–2020
Masina weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 6th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Masina: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kinshasa (11 km away). In April its highs average 29.9°C, about as warm as Masina, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Masina ranks joint 20th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 55th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Masina is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 186 mm to 99 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Masina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 118 | 20.7 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 103 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 186 | 23.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 99 | 18.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 29.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 6.1 | 1.5 | 11.912 h |
| July | 29.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.2°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 5.9 | 1.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 19 | 5.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 124 | 20.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 188 | 25.8 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 160 | 25.8 | 12.412 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
April in nearby cities
- Kinshasa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 11 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Brazzaville in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 18 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Inkisi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 91 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 201 mm rain
- Kimpese in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Nkayi in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 235 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in AprilAngola · 245 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 167 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 Masina) is explained once on the Masina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.