Climate averages 1991–2020

Mwene weather
in June.

A hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 31.7°C Daytime mean, June

Average low 17.2°C Night-time mean, June

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

June is a hot month in Mwene: daytime highs average 31.7°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical June (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 34 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Tshilenge (128 km away). In June its highs average 29.1°C, 2.6°C cooler than Mwene, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwene ranks 12th of 60 for the warmest June highs and joint 7th of 60 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 60 cities is 29.3°C; Mwene is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.

From June to July, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 31.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Mwene, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Mwene

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 limits

How 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.