Climate averages 1991–2020
Dolisie weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Dolisie: daytime highs average 29.4°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nkayi (69 km away). In April its highs average 30.5°C, 1.2°C warmer than Dolisie, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in the Republic of the Congo, Dolisie ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest April highs and 4th of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 29.7°C; Dolisie is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 180 mm to 94 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
Dolisie climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 219 | 26.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 29.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 183 | 23.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 177 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 180 | 23.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 94 | 17.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 5.2 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 27.0°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 27.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 4.6 | 1.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 27.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 18 | 5.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 122 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 245 | 27.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 258 | 28.1 | 12.412 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
- Nkayi in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 69 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 150 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Cabinda in AprilAngola · 160 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 187 mm rain
- Boma in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 189 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 184 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 195 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 101 mm rain
- Matadi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 193 mm rain
- Soyo in AprilAngola · 218 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 25.5°C · 100 mm rain
- Kimpese in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 247 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 176 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 Dolisie) is explained once on the Dolisie year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.