Kindu weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa · regional city · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Kindu is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 85/100), with July and May close behind. Kindu averages about 1,912 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in June.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,912
- Sunniest month
- June
- Peak score
- 85/100
- Rain / year
- 1,400 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 263k
- Elevation
- 496 m
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When is the best time to visit Kindu?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kindu is June, then July and May. The dullest month is March (62/100, 167 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kindu?
Kindu gets a moderate 1,912 hours of sunshine a year. June (85/100) is noticeably better than March (62). It ranks #18 of 20 destinations in Congo - Kinshasa for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,104 hours. The year's 1,400 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 | 65 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 134 mm | 8 |
| February | 65 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 136 mm | 10 |
| March | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 167 mm | 10 |
| April | 64 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 141 mm | 10 |
| May | 78 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 65 mm | 9 |
| June | 85 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 24 mm | 7 |
| July | 85 | 32° / 90°F | 20° / 68°F | 27 mm | 6 |
| August | 74 | 31° / 88°F | 20° / 68°F | 84 mm | 6 |
| September | 66 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 132 mm | 8 |
| October | 62 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 157 mm | 9 |
| November | 62 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 179 mm | 9 |
| December | 62 | 27° / 81°F | 21° / 70°F | 154 mm | 8 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kigali Rwanda · 481 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr
- Entebbe Uganda · 797 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
- Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 981 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr
- Kinshasa Congo - Kinshasa · 1,173 km · best in Jul · 1,782 h sun/yr
- Brazzaville Congo - Brazzaville · 1,192 km · best in Jul · 1,782 h sun/yr
- Nairobi Kenya · 1,237 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Kamembe Rwanda · 336 km · 2,044 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Bujumbura Burundi · 381 km · 2,196 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kisangani Congo - Kinshasa · 384 km · 1,971 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Goma Congo - Kinshasa · 395 km · 2,038 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Mbuji Mayi Congo - Kinshasa · 441 km · 2,367 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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