Isiro weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa · regional city · tropical monsoon climate
The best time to visit Isiro is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 85/100), with December and February close behind. Isiro averages about 2,319 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 29°C / 84°F and roughly 38 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 2,319
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 85/100
- Rain / year
- 1,961 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 255k
- Elevation
- 755 m

When is the best time to visit Isiro?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Isiro is January, then December and February. The dullest month is March (65/100, 170 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Isiro?
Isiro gets a moderate 2,319 hours of sunshine a year. January (85/100) is noticeably better than March (65). It ranks #8 of 20 destinations in Congo - Kinshasa for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,104 hours. The year's 1,961 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 85 | 29° / 84°F | 18° / 64°F | 38 mm | 10 |
| February | 80 | 30° / 86°F | 19° / 66°F | 65 mm | 10 |
| March | 65 | 28° / 82°F | 20° / 68°F | 170 mm | 10 |
| April | 65 | 27° / 81°F | 20° / 68°F | 242 mm | 10 |
| May | 65 | 26° / 79°F | 20° / 68°F | 223 mm | 10 |
| June | 65 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 177 mm | 8 |
| July | 65 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 159 mm | 8 |
| August | 65 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 201 mm | 8 |
| September | 65 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 216 mm | 10 |
| October | 65 | 26° / 79°F | 20° / 68°F | 257 mm | 10 |
| November | 65 | 26° / 79°F | 19° / 66°F | 161 mm | 9 |
| December | 83 | 28° / 82°F | 18° / 64°F | 52 mm | 9 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kigali Rwanda · 604 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr
- Entebbe Uganda · 622 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
- Nairobi Kenya · 1,136 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
- Arusha Tanzania · 1,263 km · best in Jul · 2,565 h sun/yr
- Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 1,416 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr
- Khartoum Sudan · 1,520 km · best in Jan · 3,820 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bunia Congo - Kinshasa · 324 km · 2,423 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kisangani Congo - Kinshasa · 361 km · 1,971 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Arua Uganda · 370 km · 2,596 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kihihi Uganda · 459 km · 2,249 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Juba South Sudan · 500 km · 2,777 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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