Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbuji-Mayi weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Mbuji-Mayi: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miabi (24 km away). In April its highs average 29.7°C, 0.7°C cooler than Mbuji-Mayi, with 144 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbuji-Mayi ranks joint 7th of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 31st of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Mbuji-Mayi is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 144 mm to 35 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
Mbuji-Mayi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 140 | 21.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 128 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 179 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 144 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.6°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 35 | 6.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 5.9 | 1.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 33.3°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 2.3 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| August | 32.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 32 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.7°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 109 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 159 | 24.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 183 | 25.6 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 170 | 23.9 | 12.512 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
- Miabi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 24 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Gandajika in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 79 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 129 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 136 mm rain
- Kabinda in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 99 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Kananga in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Kanyama in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Mweka in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Lodja in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 140 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 Mbuji-Mayi) is explained once on the Mbuji-Mayi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Miabi lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.