Kinshasa weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa · major city break · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Kinshasa is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with June and August close behind. Kinshasa averages about 1,782 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 4 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,782
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 1,909 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 16M
- Elevation
- 307 m
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When is the best time to visit Kinshasa?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kinshasa is July, then June and August. The dullest month is January (61/100, 184 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kinshasa?
Kinshasa isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,782 hours of sunshine a year. July (88/100) is noticeably better than January (61). It ranks #20 of 20 destinations in Congo - Kinshasa for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,104 hours. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around November, carries about 42% of the annual 1,909 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 61 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 184 mm | 8 |
| February | 61 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 186 mm | 9 |
| March | 61 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 229 mm | 10 |
| April | 61 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 236 mm | 9 |
| May | 61 | 30° / 86°F | 22° / 72°F | 155 mm | 8 |
| June | 86 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 16 mm | 6 |
| July | 88 | 30° / 86°F | 20° / 68°F | 4 mm | 6 |
| August | 85 | 31° / 88°F | 21° / 70°F | 21 mm | 6 |
| September | 75 | 31° / 88°F | 23° / 73°F | 78 mm | 7 |
| October | 61 | 30° / 86°F | 23° / 73°F | 207 mm | 8 |
| November | 61 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 317 mm | 8 |
| December | 61 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 276 mm | 8 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Brazzaville Congo - Brazzaville · 26 km · best in Jul · 1,782 h sun/yr
- Pointe Noire Congo - Brazzaville · 397 km · best in Jul · 1,577 h sun/yr
- Luanda Angola · 554 km · best in Jun · 2,101 h sun/yr
- Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) Angola · 561 km · best in Jun · 2,165 h sun/yr
- Libreville Gabon · 860 km · best in Jul · 1,592 h sun/yr
- Yaoundé Cameroon · 1,000 km · best in Jan · 1,748 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Bandundu Congo - Kinshasa · 246 km · 2,000 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Mbanza Congo Angola · 248 km · 1,756 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Negage Angola · 375 km · 2,124 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Franceville Gabon · 377 km · 1,695 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Kikwit Congo - Kinshasa · 377 km · 2,063 h sun/yr · best in Jun
Head-to-head
How Kinshasa compares month by month: Kinshasa vs Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) · Kinshasa vs Luanda · Kinshasa vs Brazzaville · Kinshasa vs Pointe Noire · all comparisons
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