Climate averages 1991–2020
Mweka weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Mweka: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes February a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ilebo (122 km away). In February its highs average 30.1°C, 0.9°C warmer than Mweka, with 127 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mweka ranks 36th of 60 for the warmest February highs and joint 37th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Mweka is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 137 mm to 168 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Ilebo in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 127 mm rain
- Kananga in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Tshikapa in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 128 mm rain
- Idiofa in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 128 mm rain
- Miabi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Lodja in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 270 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Chitato in FebruaryAngola · 287 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 149 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.