Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbanza-Ngungu weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Mbanza-Ngungu: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 201 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inkisi (26 km away). In April its highs average 29.3°C, 1.5°C warmer than Mbanza-Ngungu, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbanza-Ngungu ranks 46th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 58th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Mbanza-Ngungu is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 201 mm to 95 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
Mbanza-Ngungu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 154 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 147 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 27.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 201 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 95 | 16.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 18 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 113 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 222 | 25.9 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 205 | 26.7 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Inkisi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 26 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 174 mm rain
- Kimpese in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 58 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Masina in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 186 mm rain
- Kinshasa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Brazzaville in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in AprilAngola · 131 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 229 mm rain
- Matadi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 193 mm rain
- Boma in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 210 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 184 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 Mbanza-Ngungu) is explained once on the Mbanza-Ngungu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.