Climate averages 1991–2020

Mulongo weather
in October.

A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.

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

Average high 30.8°C Daytime mean, October

Average low 21.8°C Night-time mean, October

Rainfall 119 mm 18 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

October is a hot month in Mulongo: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 119 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Manono (74 km away). In October its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Mulongo, with 120 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mulongo ranks 5th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 19th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Mulongo is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.

From October to November, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 119 mm to 200 mm.

The annual picture

October 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	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, selected	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

October 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.