Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshikapa weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Tshikapa: daytime highs average 30.4°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 153 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitato (99 km away). In April its highs average 28.9°C, 1.5°C cooler than Tshikapa, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshikapa ranks joint 7th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 34th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Tshikapa is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.2°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 153 mm to 39 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
Tshikapa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 137 | 20.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 128 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 163 | 22.4 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 153 | 19.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 33.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 33.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 92 | 15.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 134 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 177 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 174 | 23.5 | 12.512 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
- Chitato in AprilAngola · 99 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 178 mm rain
- Dundo in AprilAngola · 106 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Kananga in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.9°C · 178 mm rain
- Mweka in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.5°C · 163 mm rain
- Idiofa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Lucapa in AprilAngola · 223 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 138 mm rain
- Ilebo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 138 mm rain
- Kikwit in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 166 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 Tshikapa) is explained once on the Tshikapa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.