Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshilenge weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd 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 Tshilenge: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 18.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 112 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes October a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene (128 km away). In October its highs average 30.5°C, 0.6°C warmer than Tshilenge, with 102 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshilenge ranks 16th of 60 for the warmest October highs and joint 15th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Tshilenge is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.7°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 112 mm to 233 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Mwene in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.9°C · 102 mm rain
- Kolwezi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 282 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Saurimo in OctoberAngola · 310 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 18.4°C · 143 mm rain
- Luena in OctoberAngola · 338 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.0°C · 88 mm rain
- Kamina in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 338 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Lucapa in OctoberAngola · 369 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.2°C · 149 mm rain
- Bukama in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 378 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 76 mm rain
- Solwezi in OctoberZambia · 403 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 31 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.