Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshikapa weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the joint 7th 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 Tshikapa: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitato (99 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, 1.6°C cooler than Tshikapa, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshikapa ranks joint 6th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 23rd of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Tshikapa is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 134 mm to 177 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
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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Chitato in OctoberAngola · 99 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.1°C · 170 mm rain
- Dundo in OctoberAngola · 106 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 170 mm rain
- Kananga in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 181 mm rain
- Mweka in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Idiofa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 168 mm rain
- Lucapa in OctoberAngola · 223 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Ilebo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Kikwit in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 167 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.