Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshilenge weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Tshilenge: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 18.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 103 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes April a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene (128 km away). In April its highs average 28.9°C, 1.0°C warmer than Tshilenge, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshilenge ranks 45th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 12th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Tshilenge is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 103 mm to 2.9 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
Tshilenge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 274 | 28.8 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 245 | 25.3 | 12.512 h |
| March | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 261 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 103 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 2.9 | 0.9 | 11.612 h |
| June | 29.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| July | 29.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August | 31.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 32.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 24 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 112 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 233 | 27.3 | 12.613 h |
| December | 26.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 286 | 29.2 | 12.813 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
- Mwene in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.1°C · 79 mm rain
- Kolwezi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 282 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Saurimo in AprilAngola · 310 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 18.1°C · 117 mm rain
- Luena in AprilAngola · 338 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 73 mm rain
- Kamina in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 338 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Lucapa in AprilAngola · 369 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.9°C · 138 mm rain
- Bukama in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 378 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 60 mm rain
- Solwezi in AprilZambia · 403 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.8°C · 48 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 Tshilenge) is explained once on the Tshilenge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.