Climate averages 1991–2020
Dolisie weather
in February.
A hot, very wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Dolisie: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 183 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nkayi (69 km away). In February its highs average 30.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Dolisie, with 120 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in the Republic of the Congo, Dolisie ranks 3rd of 4 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 4 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 4 cities is 29.8°C; Dolisie is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 183 mm to 177 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Nkayi in FebruaryRepublic of the Congo · 69 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 22.9°C · 120 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in FebruaryRepublic of the Congo · 110 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Cabinda in FebruaryAngola · 160 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.9°C · 172 mm rain
- Boma in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 189 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.9°C · 146 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 195 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 24.5°C · 96 mm rain
- Matadi in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 120 mm rain
- Soyo in FebruaryAngola · 218 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 25.5°C · 94 mm rain
- Kimpese in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 247 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 104 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.