Climate averages 1991–2020

Mulongo weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 33.7°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 19.7°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Mulongo: daytime highs average 33.7°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 43 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Manono (74 km away). In July its highs average 34.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Mulongo, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mulongo ranks 4th of 60 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Mulongo is 4.2°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 34.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from under 1 mm to 3.6 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mulongo, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Mulongo

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 limits

How 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.