Weather in Kinshasa

Calculated from weather data of Ndjili International Airport (FZAA) between 2020 and 2024.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	30.3	30.3	31.1	31.0	29.1	31.3
February	31.2	32.1	31.3	31.3	28.8	31.8
March	32.3	32.8	31.6	31.8	30.3	32.7
April	31.7	32.8	31.3	28.6	32.6	32.3
May	30.9		31.8	29.6	32.0	31.5
June	28.9		28.0	29.3	29.8	28.3
July	28.2		28.6	26.8	29.0	28.6
August	29.2		29.3	29.1	28.6	29.3
September	30.6		31.6	29.6	31.0	30.0
October	30.9		32.0	30.5	29.6	31.1
November	29.9		29.8	29.3	27.5	30.0
December	29.9		30.1	28.6	29.3	29.8
Average	30.5	32.0	30.5	29.6	29.8	30.5

2nd highest temperature of Congo

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	23.2	25	25	22	23	24
February	22.9	24	23	24	24	23
March	23.4	25	24	24	23	24
April	23.5	24	25	23	24	23
May	22.9		23	23	23	24
June	21.6		23	21	23	22
July	20.5		22	20	21	21
August	21.0		22	21	22	22
September	22.4		24	23	21	23
October	22.9		24	24	23	23
November	22.9		24	24	24	23
December	22.6		24	24	24	22
Average	22.6	24.4	23.3	22.5	22.8	22.7

3rd lowest temperature of Congo

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Cold and hot days

Number of days	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
30 °C or warmer	92	183	134	165	187
25 °C or warmer	115	335	318	319	359
20 °C or warmer	118	342	342	353	365
0 °C or colder	0	0	0	0	0

Precipitation (%)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	3.5	2	0	2	4	4
February	3.1	3	2	1	2	3
March	1.9	2	0	4	1	4
April	2.6	2	4	2	2	1
May	1.0		0	1	2	3
June	0.0		0	0	0	0
July	0.0		0	1	0	0
August	0.1		0	0	0	0
September	1.2		0	2	1	2
October	3.7		5	1	2	2
November	6.1		5	4	5	6
December	6.2		8	4	8	6
Average	2.3	2.3	2.1	1.6	1.8	2.3

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (km/h)

Month	Average	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	10.5	11	10	11	10	11
February	10.9	11	10	12	11	11
March	11.6	10	11	11	11	13
April	10.1	9	10	8	11	12
May	10.0		11	9	10	10
June	11.7		11	12	12	11
July	12.7		12	12	12	13
August	14.4		13	15	13	14
September	13.6		14	14	13	13
October	12.0		12	12	13	11
November	11.3		11	10	12	10
December	10.3		9	11	10	9
Average	11.5	9.9	11.3	11.4	11.3	11.6

2nd highest wind speed of Congo

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
January	W	N	W	W	W
February	W	W	W	W	W
March	W	W	NW	W	W
April	W	SW	SW	W	W
May		W	W	NW	W
June		W	W	W	W
July		W	W	W	W
August		W	W	W	W
September		NW	W	W	W
October		W	W	W	W
November		W	W	W	W
December		W	SW	W	NW

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Kinshasa weather Q&A

What is the warmest month in Kinshasa?

The warmest month is March with an average temperature of 32 °C over the past years.

What is the coldest month in Kinshasa?

The coldest month is July with an average daytime temperature of 28 °C in the past few years.

Which month is the wettest in Kinshasa?

Chance of precipitation is the highest in December with a probability of around 6.2 %.

Which month is the driest in Kinshasa?

The least rainfall and snow can be expected in June. The probability is about 0.1 %.