Mbandaka, DR Congo climate

Af Tropical rainforest

Mbandaka has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical rainforest, Köppen Af). The hottest month is February with an average daily high near 31°C, while the coldest is October averaging around 23°C at night. Around 1796 mm of precipitation falls each year, peaking in October (215 mm) and easing off in January (95 mm).

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 31°C most of the year.

About 46 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 23°C.

🌧️ Rain

Very wet

About 1796 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in October

⛅ Sky & trend

Often cloudy

Cloudy skies much of the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Mbandaka climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	31	31	30	29	29	30	30	29	29	28	28	29
Avg temp (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23
Precipitation (mm)	95	126	164	167	137	101	105	167	198	215	193	128

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	31	31	30	29	29	30
Avg temp (°C)	27	27	27	27	27	27
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	23
Precipitation (mm)	95	126	164	167	137	101

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	30	29	29	28	28	29
Avg temp (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23
Precipitation (mm)	105	167	198	215	193	128

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	8	9	7	3	4	4	3	3	1	2	1	1

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	8	9	7	3	4	4

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	3	3	1	2	1	1

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	61	69	69	72	69	67	66	70	72	76	74	67
Relative humidity (%)	76	77	80	83	81	78	78	79	81	83	82	80
Wind speed (m/s)	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	61	69	69	72	69	67
Relative humidity (%)	76	77	80	83	81	78
Wind speed (m/s)	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	66	70	72	76	74	67
Relative humidity (%)	78	79	81	83	82	80
Wind speed (m/s)	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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