Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbanza-Ngungu weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Mbanza-Ngungu: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 113 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inkisi (26 km away). In October its highs average 29.6°C, 1.6°C warmer than Mbanza-Ngungu, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbanza-Ngungu ranks 50th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 17th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Mbanza-Ngungu is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 113 mm to 222 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Inkisi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 26 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Kimpese in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 58 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Masina in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Kinshasa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Brazzaville in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in OctoberAngola · 131 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 91 mm rain
- Matadi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Boma in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 210 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 52 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.