Climate averages 1991–2020
Nkayi weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Nkayi: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a wet month (the 10th 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 Dolisie (69 km away). In April its highs average 29.4°C, 1.2°C cooler than Nkayi, with 180 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in the Republic of the Congo, Nkayi ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest April highs and 3rd of 4 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 4 cities is 29.7°C; Nkayi is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 150 mm to 69 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
Nkayi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 135 | 22.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 120 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 31.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 150 | 21.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 69 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| June | 29.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 11 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 83 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 158 | 24.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 175 | 25.1 | 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
- Dolisie in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 69 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 180 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in AprilRepublic of the Congo · 171 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 24.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Matadi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 185 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 23.4°C · 193 mm rain
- Boma in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 187 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 184 mm rain
- Cabinda in AprilAngola · 195 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 25.0°C · 187 mm rain
- Kimpese in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 199 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 201 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 219 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 24.7°C · 101 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 Nkayi) is explained once on the Nkayi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.