Climate averages 1991–2020
Mweka weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Mweka: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 163 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ilebo (122 km away). In April its highs average 29.1°C, 0.7°C warmer than Mweka, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mweka ranks 42nd of 60 for the warmest April highs and 40th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Mweka is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 163 mm to 90 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
Mweka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 143 | 21.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 137 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 168 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 163 | 23.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 90 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 22 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 78 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 132 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 173 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 182 | 24.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 170 | 25.0 | 12.412 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
- Ilebo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Kananga in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Tshikapa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 153 mm rain
- Idiofa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Miabi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Lodja in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 270 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 140 mm rain
- Chitato in AprilAngola · 287 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 178 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 Mweka) is explained once on the Mweka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.