Climate averages 1991–2020
Nkayi weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Nkayi: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 83 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dolisie (69 km away). In October its highs average 29.1°C, 1.8°C cooler than Nkayi, with 122 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in the Republic of the Congo, Nkayi ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest October highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 4 cities is 29.5°C; Nkayi is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 83 mm to 158 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Dolisie in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 69 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 122 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in OctoberRepublic of the Congo · 171 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 53 mm rain
- Matadi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 185 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.0°C · 63 mm rain
- Boma in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 187 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 52 mm rain
- Cabinda in OctoberAngola · 195 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 23.7°C · 56 mm rain
- Kimpese in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 199 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 75 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.7°C · 113 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 219 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.2°C · 27 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.