Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwene weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Mwene: daytime highs average 33.1°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tshilenge (128 km away). In September its highs average 32.3°C, 0.8°C cooler than Mwene, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwene ranks 4th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 19th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Mwene is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.6°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 102 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Tshilenge in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 24 mm rain
- Kamina in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Saurimo in SeptemberAngola · 272 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Lucapa in SeptemberAngola · 280 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Kanyama in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 293 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Kolwezi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 301 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 319 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 104 mm rain
- Bukama in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 11 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.