Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbuji-Mayi weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Mbuji-Mayi: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 159 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miabi (24 km away). In October its highs average 29.0°C, 0.7°C cooler than Mbuji-Mayi, with 159 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbuji-Mayi ranks joint 19th of 60 for the warmest October highs and joint 30th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Mbuji-Mayi is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 159 mm to 183 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Miabi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 24 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Gandajika in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 79 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.8°C · 142 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Kabinda in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 99 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 19.4°C · 206 mm rain
- Kananga in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 181 mm rain
- Kanyama in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 168 mm rain
- Mweka in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Lodja in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 146 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.