Climate averages 1991–2020
Mulongo weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Mulongo: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Manono (74 km away). In April its highs average 30.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Mulongo, with 97 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mulongo ranks joint 14th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 15th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Mulongo is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 32.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 109 mm to 13 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
Mulongo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 228 | 24.0 | 12.513 h |
| February | 29.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 174 | 19.1 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 179 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 109 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| May | 32.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 13 | 2.8 | 11.812 h |
| June | 33.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| July | 33.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| August | 34.8°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 3.6 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| September | 34.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 28 | 6.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 119 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 200 | 23.4 | 12.512 h |
| December | 27.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 231 | 26.3 | 12.613 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
- Manono in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 74 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Bukama in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Kabalo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.8°C · 129 mm rain
- Kamina in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 242 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Nchelenge in AprilZambia · 254 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 132 mm rain
- Kongolo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 108 mm rain
- Kalima in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 294 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.2°C · 101 mm rain
- Baudhuinville in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 313 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 175 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 Mulongo) is explained once on the Mulongo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.