Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshilenge weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Tshilenge: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 18.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 245 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene (128 km away). In February its highs average 27.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Tshilenge, with 205 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshilenge ranks 52nd of 60 for the warmest February highs and 60th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Tshilenge is 2.8°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 26.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 245 mm to 261 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Mwene in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.3°C · 205 mm rain
- Kolwezi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 282 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 186 mm rain
- Saurimo in FebruaryAngola · 310 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.4°C · 181 mm rain
- Luena in FebruaryAngola · 338 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 198 mm rain
- Kamina in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 338 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 18.6°C · 180 mm rain
- Lucapa in FebruaryAngola · 369 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 177 mm rain
- Bukama in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 378 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.5°C · 196 mm rain
- Solwezi in FebruaryZambia · 403 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 16.8°C · 235 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.