Bandundu Province climate

Name: Bandundu Province
Address: CD

Bandundu Province is warmest in July, with average highs of 32 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 23 °C. November is the wettest month (182 mm) and July the driest (12 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Bandundu Province averages 1,362 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.

Democratic Republic of the Congo · population 202,904 · 1991–2020 normals

Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month

Warmest month July 32 °C
Coldest month July 23 °C
Driest month July 12 mm
Wettest month November 182 mm
Least cloud July 53 % cloud
Hottest on record July 37 °C
Coldest on record June 20 °C

What to expectBandundu Province through the year

Bandundu Province changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 32 and 32 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.

Counted across a normal year, 365 days a year reach 25 °C, 242 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in July.

Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 182 mm against 12 mm in July — 15 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	30.3 °C	127 mm	83 %
February	30.8 °C	126 mm	83 %
March	31.0 °C	148 mm	84 %
April	30.3 °C	158 mm	83 %
May	30.7 °C	97 mm	72 %
June	31.6 °C	23 mm	54 %
July	32.3 °C	12 mm	53 %
August	32.3 °C	45 mm	63 %
September	31.5 °C	99 mm	71 %
October	30.0 °C	173 mm	79 %
November	29.4 °C	182 mm	82 %
December	29.5 °C	173 mm	84 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	30.3 °C	23.0 °C	26.1 °C	35.7 °C	20.8 °C	31	17
February	30.8 °C	23.3 °C	26.5 °C	35.3 °C	21.0 °C	28	20
March	31.0 °C	23.4 °C	26.7 °C	37.2 °C	21.2 °C	31	22
April	30.3 °C	23.3 °C	26.2 °C	37.0 °C	21.3 °C	30	17
May	30.7 °C	23.3 °C	26.4 °C	37.3 °C	20.7 °C	31	19
June	31.6 °C	22.8 °C	26.7 °C	36.4 °C	19.6 °C	30	25
July	32.3 °C	22.7 °C	27.0 °C	37.4 °C	19.8 °C	31	29
August	32.3 °C	22.9 °C	27.0 °C	36.2 °C	20.5 °C	31	28
September	31.5 °C	23.0 °C	26.6 °C	37.1 °C	20.9 °C	30	24
October	30.0 °C	22.7 °C	25.8 °C	34.9 °C	20.6 °C	31	16
November	29.4 °C	22.7 °C	25.5 °C	33.1 °C	21.1 °C	30	12
December	29.5 °C	22.8 °C	25.6 °C	33.5 °C	20.7 °C	31	12

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	127 mm	20	12 h/day	83 %	84 %	8.2 km/h
February	126 mm	17	12 h/day	83 %	83 %	9.0 km/h
March	148 mm	20	12 h/day	84 %	84 %	8.8 km/h
April	158 mm	22	12 h/day	83 %	86 %	8.3 km/h
May	97 mm	17	12 h/day	72 %	84 %	7.6 km/h
June	23 mm	5	12 h/day	54 %	74 %	8.6 km/h
July	12 mm	3	12 h/day	53 %	67 %	9.6 km/h
August	45 mm	10	12 h/day	63 %	68 %	9.9 km/h
September	99 mm	18	12 h/day	71 %	76 %	9.4 km/h
October	173 mm	24	12 h/day	79 %	84 %	8.4 km/h
November	182 mm	24	12 h/day	82 %	87 %	7.8 km/h
December	173 mm	24	12 h/day	84 %	87 %	7.7 km/h

How Bandundu Province compares

The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.

Destination	Summer high	Winter low	Rain per year	Days above 25 °C
Bandundu Province	32 °C	23 °C	1,362 mm	365
Kikwit · Democratic Republic of the Congo	32 °C	20 °C	1,272 mm	363
Masina · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	19 °C	1,197 mm	365
Kinshasa · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	20 °C	1,074 mm	365
Mbandaka · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	23 °C	1,663 mm	364
Tshikapa · Democratic Republic of the Congo	33 °C	20 °C	1,217 mm	363
Matadi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	18 °C	1,065 mm	359

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Bandundu Province.

QuestionsCommon questions about Bandundu Province’s climate

When is the best time to visit Bandundu Province?

That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. October, November, December sit closest to 20 °C on average, July is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.

How hot does Bandundu Province get?

In July, the warmest month, daily highs average 32 °C. About 242 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 23 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Bandundu Province?

November, averaging 182 mm over 24 days with rain. The driest month is July with 12 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,362 mm.

Are these figures a forecast?

No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Bandundu Province rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.

Data sources and method

ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0

Normal period: 1991–2020
Data point: -3.317°, 17.381° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
Dataset version: era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
Last processed: 1 August 2026

Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.