Climate averages 1991–2020
Masina weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Masina: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 124 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kinshasa (11 km away). In October its highs average 30.4°C, about as warm as Masina, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Masina ranks joint 6th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 22nd of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Masina is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 124 mm to 188 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kinshasa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 11 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Brazzaville in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 18 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Inkisi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 91 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Kimpese in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Nkayi in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 235 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 83 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in OctoberAngola · 245 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 178 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.