Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwene weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th 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: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 79 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tshilenge (128 km away). In April its highs average 27.9°C, 1.0°C cooler than Mwene, with 103 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwene ranks joint 35th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 7th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Mwene is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 79 mm to 3.6 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 223 | 26.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 27.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 205 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 183 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 28.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 79 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 31.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.712 h |
| June | 31.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 31.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 33.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 33.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 27 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 102 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 167 | 23.9 | 12.613 h |
| December | 27.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 215 | 26.9 | 12.713 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
- Tshilenge in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 18.1°C · 103 mm rain
- Kamina in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Saurimo in AprilAngola · 272 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Lucapa in AprilAngola · 280 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 138 mm rain
- Kanyama in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 293 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Kolwezi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 301 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 319 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.3°C · 136 mm rain
- Bukama in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 60 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) is explained once on the Mwene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.