Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwene weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 6th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Mwene: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 102 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tshilenge (128 km away). In October its highs average 29.9°C, 0.6°C cooler than Mwene, with 112 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwene ranks 9th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 14th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Mwene is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 102 mm to 167 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Tshilenge in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 18.9°C · 112 mm rain
- Kamina in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Saurimo in OctoberAngola · 272 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Lucapa in OctoberAngola · 280 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Kanyama in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 293 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 168 mm rain
- Kolwezi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 301 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 319 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.0°C · 166 mm rain
- Bukama in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 76 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.