Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshilenge weather
in September.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 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 Tshilenge: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes September a fairly dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene (128 km away). In September its highs average 33.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Tshilenge, with 27 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshilenge ranks 6th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 18th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Tshilenge is 2.7°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.5°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 112 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Mwene in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 27 mm rain
- Kolwezi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 282 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Saurimo in SeptemberAngola · 310 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Luena in SeptemberAngola · 338 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 16.1°C · 14 mm rain
- Kamina in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 338 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Lucapa in SeptemberAngola · 369 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 72 mm rain
- Bukama in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 378 kmHigh 35.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Solwezi in SeptemberZambia · 403 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 16.9°C · 3.2 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.