Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwene-Ditu weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Mwene-Ditu: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes February a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gandajika (63 km away). In February its highs average 29.5°C, 1.1°C warmer than Mwene-Ditu, with 138 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwene-Ditu ranks joint 43rd of 60 for the warmest February highs and joint 47th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Mwene-Ditu is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 158 mm to 186 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Gandajika in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 63 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.0°C · 138 mm rain
- Miabi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 88 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Kanyama in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 156 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.1°C · 128 mm rain
- Kabinda in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 19.7°C · 172 mm rain
- Kananga in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 20.9°C · 128 mm rain
- Kamina in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 257 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 180 mm rain
- Dundo in FebruaryAngola · 294 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.4°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 Mwene-Ditu) is explained once on the Mwene-Ditu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.