Climate averages 1991–2020

Tshikapa weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 33.5°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 19.9°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 1.7 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Tshikapa: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 19.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.

Expect about 1.7 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes July a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 47 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitato (99 km away). In July its highs average 33.3°C, about as warm as Tshikapa, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshikapa ranks 5th of 60 for the warmest July highs and joint 26th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Tshikapa is 4.1°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.7 mm to 33 mm.

The annual picture

July 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

Tshikapa climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Tshikapa, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Tshikapa

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 Tshikapa) is explained once on the Tshikapa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.