Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshikapa weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Tshikapa: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 177 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes November a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitato (99 km away). In November its highs average 27.9°C, 1.8°C cooler than Tshikapa, with 207 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshikapa ranks 7th of 60 for the warmest November highs and joint 26th of 60 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Tshikapa is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 177 mm to 174 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Chitato in NovemberAngola · 99 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 207 mm rain
- Dundo in NovemberAngola · 106 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 207 mm rain
- Kananga in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 186 mm rain
- Mweka in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 20.9°C · 182 mm rain
- Idiofa in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 19.9°C · 185 mm rain
- Lucapa in NovemberAngola · 223 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 213 mm rain
- Ilebo in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 158 mm rain
- Kikwit in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 178 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.