Tshikapa, DR Congo climate

As Tropical savanna (dry summer)

Tshikapa has a remarkably steady tropical climate (Tropical savanna (dry summer), Köppen As). The hottest month is August with an average daily high near 34°C, while the coldest is December averaging around 21°C at night. Precipitation totals about 1375 mm a year and is strongly seasonal — November alone averages 196 mm while July barely receives 3 mm.

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 34°C most of the year.

About 110 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 21°C.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 1375 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in November

⛅ 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)

Tshikapa climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	29	30	30	29	31	32	33	34	32	30	28	28
Avg temp (°C)	25	25	25	25	26	25	25	27	27	26	25	24
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	18	18	21	21	21	21	21
Precipitation (mm)	153	139	173	169	48	7	3	41	103	155	196	187

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	29	30	30	29	31	32
Avg temp (°C)	25	25	25	25	26	25
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	18
Precipitation (mm)	153	139	173	169	48	7

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	33	34	32	30	28	28
Avg temp (°C)	25	27	27	26	25	24
Avg low (°C)	18	21	21	21	21	21
Precipitation (mm)	3	41	103	155	196	187

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	3	4	5	3	10	15	22	24	14	6	3	2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	3	4	5	3	10	15

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	22	24	14	6	3	2

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	83	83	80	76	56	37	36	53	64	75	80	84
Relative humidity (%)	81	79	80	82	71	54	46	55	71	79	84	84
Wind speed (m/s)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	83	83	80	76	56	37
Relative humidity (%)	81	79	80	82	71	54
Wind speed (m/s)	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.3

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	36	53	64	75	80	84
Relative humidity (%)	46	55	71	79	84	84
Wind speed (m/s)	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2

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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