Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbanza-Ngungu weather
in September.
A warm, fairly dry month: the joint 3rd warmest and the 4th driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Mbanza-Ngungu: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 18.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Inkisi (26 km away). In September its highs average 29.7°C, 1.8°C warmer than Mbanza-Ngungu, with 21 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbanza-Ngungu ranks 51st of 60 for the warmest September highs and 15th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Mbanza-Ngungu is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 18 mm to 113 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Inkisi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 26 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.4°C · 21 mm rain
- Kimpese in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 58 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Masina in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Kinshasa in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Brazzaville in SeptemberRepublic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 16 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in SeptemberAngola · 131 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 11 mm rain
- Matadi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 12 mm rain
- Boma in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 210 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 12 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.