Kisangani weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa · city break · tropical rainforest climate
The best time to visit Kisangani is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 79/100), with July and February close behind. Kisangani averages about 1,971 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 61 mm of rain in January.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,971
- Sunniest month
- January
- Peak score
- 79/100
- Rain / year
- 1,592 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 10 (very high)
- Population
- 1.2M
- Elevation
- 429 m
When is the best time to visit Kisangani?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Kisangani is January, then July and February. The dullest month is March (63/100, 166 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Kisangani?
Kisangani gets a moderate 1,971 hours of sunshine a year. January (79/100) is noticeably better than March (63). It ranks #15 of 20 destinations in Congo - Kinshasa for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,104 hours. The year's 1,592 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 | 79 | 30° / 86°F | 21° / 70°F | 61 mm | 9 |
| February | 70 | 31° / 88°F | 22° / 72°F | 109 mm | 9 |
| March | 63 | 29° / 84°F | 22° / 72°F | 166 mm | 10 |
| April | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 193 mm | 10 |
| May | 65 | 28° / 82°F | 22° / 72°F | 135 mm | 9 |
| June | 70 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 108 mm | 7 |
| July | 75 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 85 mm | 6 |
| August | 67 | 29° / 84°F | 21° / 70°F | 129 mm | 7 |
| September | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 154 mm | 9 |
| October | 63 | 27° / 81°F | 22° / 72°F | 191 mm | 9 |
| November | 63 | 27° / 81°F | 22° / 72°F | 151 mm | 9 |
| December | 70 | 28° / 82°F | 21° / 70°F | 110 mm | 8 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Kigali Rwanda · 599 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr
- Entebbe Uganda · 792 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
- Kinshasa Congo - Kinshasa · 1,225 km · best in Jul · 1,782 h sun/yr
- Brazzaville Congo - Brazzaville · 1,238 km · best in Jul · 1,782 h sun/yr
- Nairobi Kenya · 1,304 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
- Lubumbashi Congo - Kinshasa · 1,364 km · best in May · 2,978 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Isiro Congo - Kinshasa · 361 km · 2,319 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kindu Congo - Kinshasa · 384 km · 1,912 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Goma Congo - Kinshasa · 495 km · 2,038 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Boende Congo - Kinshasa · 503 km · 1,913 h sun/yr · best in Jan
- Kihihi Uganda · 503 km · 2,249 h sun/yr · best in Jun
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