Climate averages 1991–2020
Mweka weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Mweka: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 20.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ilebo (122 km away). In October its highs average 29.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Mweka, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mweka ranks joint 37th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 40th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Mweka is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 173 mm to 182 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Ilebo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Kananga in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 181 mm rain
- Tshikapa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Idiofa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 168 mm rain
- Miabi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 19.8°C · 159 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.7°C · 159 mm rain
- Lodja in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 270 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 146 mm rain
- Chitato in OctoberAngola · 287 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 170 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.