Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbandaka weather
in November.
A hot, very wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Mbandaka: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 182 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes November a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolenge (7 km away). In November its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Mbandaka, with 182 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbandaka ranks joint 8th of 60 for the warmest November highs and joint 30th of 60 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Mbandaka is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 182 mm to 120 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Bolenge in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 7 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 182 mm rain
- Binga in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 359 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 387 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 186 mm rain
- Gemena in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 394 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 138 mm rain
- Lisala in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 431 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Bimbo in NovemberCentral African Republic · 468 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 103 mm rain
- Bangui in NovemberCentral African Republic · 481 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 103 mm rain
- Bégoua in NovemberCentral African Republic · 491 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 103 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.