Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbandaka weather
in July.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a hot month in Mbandaka: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 94 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes July a wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolenge (7 km away). In July its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Mbandaka, with 94 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbandaka ranks 31st of 60 for the warmest July highs and joint 46th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Mbandaka is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 94 mm to 155 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Bolenge in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 7 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 94 mm rain
- Binga in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 359 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.8°C · 124 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 387 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 12 mm rain
- Gemena in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 394 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Lisala in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 431 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 116 mm rain
- Bimbo in JulyCentral African Republic · 468 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 109 mm rain
- Bangui in JulyCentral African Republic · 481 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Bégoua in JulyCentral African Republic · 491 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 136 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.