Climate averages 1991–2020
Matadi weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Matadi: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 193 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Boma (45 km away). In April its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Matadi, with 184 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Matadi ranks joint 20th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 57th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Matadi is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 193 mm to 68 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
Matadi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 149 | 20.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 120 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.4°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 134 | 19.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 193 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 68 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.7°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 2.2 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.1°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 1.7 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 26.7°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 5.3 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.7°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 63 | 11.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.7°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 149 | 21.7 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 175 | 22.4 | 12.512 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
- Boma in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 45 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 184 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in AprilAngola · 98 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Kimpese in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 112 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 121 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Soyo in AprilAngola · 125 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Cabinda in AprilAngola · 144 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 187 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 201 mm rain
- Nkayi in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 185 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 150 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 Matadi) is explained once on the Matadi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.