Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwene-Ditu weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Mwene-Ditu: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 136 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gandajika (63 km away). In April its highs average 29.7°C, 1.0°C warmer than Mwene-Ditu, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwene-Ditu ranks 41st of 60 for the warmest April highs and 21st of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Mwene-Ditu is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 136 mm to 26 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
Mwene-Ditu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 179 | 25.3 | 12.512 h |
| February | 28.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 158 | 21.9 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 186 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 28.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 136 | 19.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 26 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| July | 31.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| August | 31.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 104 | 17.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 166 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 193 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 192 | 26.4 | 12.513 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
- Gandajika in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 63 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.0°C · 129 mm rain
- Miabi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 88 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Kanyama in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 21.1°C · 144 mm rain
- Kabinda in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Kananga in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Kamina in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 257 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Dundo in AprilAngola · 294 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.3°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 Mwene-Ditu) is explained once on the Mwene-Ditu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.