Bas-Congo

Mbanza-Ngungu, Democratic Republic of the Congo Climate

NASA POWER reanalysis for the half-degree grid cell around Mbanza-Ngungu, 1991-2020; a grid cell is an area average and can differ from a thermometer in town by several degrees

The warmest month is September, with an average high of 32°C; the coldest is July, with an average low of 17°C. A normal year brings 1398 mm of precipitation.

Temperature through the year

The normal daily high and low. The line marks today.

Normal daily high and low temperature at Mbanza-Ngungu through the year, in °C, with the record for each date.10203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Normal low
  • Normal high
  • Reanalysis extreme high
  • Reanalysis extreme low

Normals for Sep 25

Normal high
32°C
Normal low
20°C
Reanalysis high
36°Cin 2006
Reanalysis low
19°Cin 2001
Chance of a wet day
55%
Daylight
12 h 07 min

Month by month

Averages for 1991-2020. Wet days have at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis. Each month links to its own page.

MonthAvg highAvg lowWarmestColdestPrecipitationWet days
January28°C21°C35°C (2005)18°C (1994)143 mm24.8
February29°C21°C36°C (2005)17°C (2011)136 mm25.4
March29°C21°C36°C (2000)18°C (1993)189 mm27.9
April29°C21°C35°C (2005)18°C (2015)189 mm27.0
May29°C20°C36°C (1998)16°C (1994)124 mm18.6
June30°C18°C36°C (2004)13°C (1993)9 mm3.0
July30°C17°C37°C (2005)13°C (1992)3 mm0.0
August31°C18°C38°C (1998)14°C (2001)12 mm3.1
September32°C20°C37°C (2015)16°C (2001)48 mm12.0
October30°C21°C37°C (2006)18°C (2011)143 mm27.9
November28°C21°C34°C (1999)18°C (1992)225 mm30.0
December28°C20°C32°C (1997)17°C (1991)177 mm27.9
Year29°C20°C1398 mm228

Precipitation

Rain and melted snow together. The chance of a wet day is the share of days with at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis.

1398 mm in a normal year, most in November.

Chance of a wet day

The chance of at least 1 mm of precipitation in the reanalysis on each date at Mbanza-Ngungu, in percent.020406080100JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Chance of a wet day

Humidity and comfort

NASA POWER reanalysis, 1991-2020, for the grid cell around Mbanza-Ngungu.

The muggiest month is January, when 100 percent of days are muggy or worse, with a mean dew point of 18°C or more.

MonthDew pointHumidityDryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable
January21°C84%0%0%0%64%36%0%
February21°C82%0%0%0%54%46%0%
March21°C83%0%0%0%38%61%0%
April22°C85%0%0%0%25%74%0%
May21°C82%0%1%6%50%43%0%
June18°C74%4%14%35%45%1%0%
July16°C71%6%24%55%15%0%0%
August17°C68%1%13%63%22%0%0%
September19°C69%0%1%35%64%0%0%
October20°C77%0%0%2%88%10%0%
November21°C84%0%0%0%65%35%0%
December21°C85%0%0%0%65%35%0%

Comfort is judged by the day's mean dew point: dry below 13°C, comfortable to 16°C, humid to 18°C, muggy to 21°C, oppressive to 24°C, miserable above.

Clouds

Average share of the sky covered, from satellite (CERES and GEWEX SRB) by way of NASA POWER, 1991-2020.

The clearest month is July, with the sky 42 percent covered on average; the cloudiest is December, at 85 percent.

Wind

The mean wind speed over the whole day, from the MERRA-2 reanalysis by way of NASA POWER. Gusts run well above it.

The windiest month is August, averaging 10.8 km/h at 10 meters (33 feet) above the ground.

Daylight and sunshine

The longest day is Jan 1, with 12 h 26 min of daylight; the shortest is Jun 6, with 11 h 49 min.

Hours of daylight at Mbanza-Ngungu through the year.0510152025JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
  • Day length

Solar energy

Average daily sunshine reaching the ground on a flat surface, in kilowatt-hours per square meter, clouds included.

Sunrise and sunset calendar

Month pages

The weather in Mbanza-Ngungu in each month, day by day.

What this means

A normal is the average of the thirty years 1991 to 2020, the period the World Meteorological Organization and NOAA use for comparison. It is an average, not a forecast: most days depart from it, and some by a long way.

Where no station record is within reach, the extremes shown are the highest and lowest the reanalysis produced for the date in 1991-2020, not measured records.

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine come from a reanalysis: a weather model run over the past with every observation fed in, averaged over a grid cell about 50 km across. It is consistent everywhere on Earth; it smooths local detail such as a lake shore or a valley.

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Sources

Cloud, humidity, wind and sunshine, and temperature and precipitation: NASA POWER (MERRA-2, CERES and GEWEX SRB), 1991-2020. The data was obtained from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center's Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project funded through the NASA Earth Science Division: POWER Daily API v2, accessed 2026-09-24. Sun and moon: computed with the NOAA solar equations and Meeus.