Mbandaka weather by month & the best time to visit

🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa · city break · tropical rainforest climate

The best time to visit Mbandaka is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 78/100), with December close behind. Mbandaka averages about 1,942 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 31°C / 88°F and roughly 65 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

1,942

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

78/100

Rain / year

1,742 mm

Midday UV at peak

9 (very high)

Population

455k

Elevation

315 m

When is the best time to visit Mbandaka?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Mbandaka is January, then December. The dullest month is March (62/100, 172 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Mbandaka?

Mbandaka gets a moderate 1,942 hours of sunshine a year. January (78/100) is noticeably better than March (62). It ranks #16 of 20 destinations in Congo - Kinshasa for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,104 hours. The year's 1,742 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Brazzaville Congo - Brazzaville · 583 km · best in Jul · 1,782 h sun/yr
• Kinshasa Congo - Kinshasa · 583 km · best in Jul · 1,782 h sun/yr
• Yaoundé Cameroon · 854 km · best in Jan · 1,748 h sun/yr
• Pointe Noire Congo - Brazzaville · 892 km · best in Jul · 1,577 h sun/yr
• Libreville Gabon · 988 km · best in Jul · 1,592 h sun/yr
• Douala Cameroon · 1,050 km · best in Jan · 1,549 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Inongo Congo - Kinshasa · 219 km · 1,840 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Boende Congo - Kinshasa · 291 km · 1,913 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Bandundu Congo - Kinshasa · 384 km · 2,000 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Gemena Congo - Kinshasa · 393 km · 2,210 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Bangui Central African Republic · 487 km · 2,324 h sun/yr · best in Dec