Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbandaka weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the joint 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Mbandaka: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 120 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes February a wet month (the joint 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolenge (7 km away). In February its highs average 31.2°C, about as warm as Mbandaka, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbandaka ranks 11th of 60 for the warmest February highs and joint 25th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Mbandaka is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 120 mm to 156 mm.
The annual picture
February 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
Mbandaka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 89 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| February, selected | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 120 | 16.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 156 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 159 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 128 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 92 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 94 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 155 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 189 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 205 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 182 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 30.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 120 | 20.0 | 12.112 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
February in nearby cities
- Bolenge in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 7 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 23.5°C · 120 mm rain
- Binga in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 359 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 23.0°C · 69 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 387 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 133 mm rain
- Gemena in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 394 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 51 mm rain
- Lisala in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 431 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Bimbo in FebruaryCentral African Republic · 468 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 23.6°C · 25 mm rain
- Bangui in FebruaryCentral African Republic · 481 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 25 mm rain
- Bégoua in FebruaryCentral African Republic · 491 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 23.8°C · 25 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 Mbandaka) is explained once on the Mbandaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Bolenge lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.