Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbuji-Mayi weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Mbuji-Mayi: daytime highs average 30.7°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes September a wet month (the 5th 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 Miabi (24 km away). In September its highs average 29.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Mbuji-Mayi, with 109 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbuji-Mayi ranks 18th of 60 for the warmest September highs and joint 34th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Mbuji-Mayi is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 159 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Miabi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 24 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 109 mm rain
- Gandajika in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 79 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Kabinda in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 99 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 128 mm rain
- Kananga in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Kanyama in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Mweka in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Lodja in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 117 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.