Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshikapa weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th 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 Tshikapa: daytime highs average 31.6°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes September a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitato (99 km away). In September its highs average 30.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Tshikapa, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshikapa ranks joint 8th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 29th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Tshikapa is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 134 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Chitato in SeptemberAngola · 99 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 20.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Dundo in SeptemberAngola · 106 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.5°C · 106 mm rain
- Kananga in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 20.7°C · 136 mm rain
- Mweka in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Idiofa in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Lucapa in SeptemberAngola · 223 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Ilebo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 123 mm rain
- Kikwit in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 106 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.