Mwene, DR Congo climate

As Tropical savanna (dry summer)

Mwene has a remarkably steady warm-temperate climate (Tropical savanna (dry summer), Köppen As). The hottest month is September with an average daily high near 35°C, while the coldest is June averaging around 13°C at night. Precipitation totals about 1292 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — January alone averages 235 mm while July barely receives 0 mm.

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 35°C most of the year.

About 94 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 13°C.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 1292 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in January

⛅ 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)

Mwene climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	28	30	30	31	34	35	32	28	27
Avg temp (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	25	27	26	24	23
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	18	16	13	13	16	19	20	19	19
Precipitation (mm)	235	213	194	90	5	0	0	3	29	112	182	228

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	27	27	27	28	30	30
Avg temp (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	22
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	18	16	13
Precipitation (mm)	235	213	194	90	5	0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	31	34	35	32	28	27
Avg temp (°C)	22	25	27	26	24	23
Avg low (°C)	13	16	19	20	19	19
Precipitation (mm)	0	3	29	112	182	228

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	0.0	0.2	2	9	6	8	26	27	14	1	0.0

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	—	0.0	0.2	2	9	6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	8	26	27	14	1	0.0

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	88	87	82	66	37	21	23	40	62	76	84	88
Relative humidity (%)	83	82	82	78	62	49	40	34	44	64	79	83
Wind speed (m/s)	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.6	1.9	2.0	2.2	2.3	2.1	1.7	1.3	1.4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	88	87	82	66	37	21
Relative humidity (%)	83	82	82	78	62	49
Wind speed (m/s)	1.6	1.4	1.3	1.6	1.9	2.0

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	23	40	62	76	84	88
Relative humidity (%)	40	34	44	64	79	83
Wind speed (m/s)	2.2	2.3	2.1	1.7	1.3	1.4

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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