Masina climate
Masina is warmest in September, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 19 °C. November is the wettest month (196 mm) and July the driest (0.8 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Masina averages 1,197 mm of rain and 365 days above 25 °C.
Democratic Republic of the Congo · population 485,167 · 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 September 31 °C
- Coldest month July 19 °C
- Driest month July 1 mm
- Wettest month November 196 mm
- Least cloud July 52 % cloud
- Hottest on record March 36 °C
- Coldest on record June 16 °C
What to expectMasina through the year
Masina changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 30 and 31 °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, 165 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C, in March.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 196 mm against 1 mm in July — 251 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4 °C | 123 mm | 85 % |
| February | 30.1 °C | 109 mm | 85 % |
| March | 30.4 °C | 134 mm | 85 % |
| April | 29.9 °C | 193 mm | 83 % |
| May | 29.6 °C | 100 mm | 71 % |
| June | 29.4 °C | 6 mm | 52 % |
| July | 29.8 °C | 1 mm | 52 % |
| August | 30.2 °C | 9 mm | 63 % |
| September | 31.3 °C | 23 mm | 69 % |
| October | 30.6 °C | 133 mm | 77 % |
| November | 29.2 °C | 196 mm | 82 % |
| December | 29.0 °C | 169 mm | 85 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4 °C | 22.5 °C | 25.6 °C | 33.4 °C | 20.5 °C | 31 | 9 | 0 |
| February | 30.1 °C | 22.8 °C | 26.0 °C | 34.9 °C | 20.5 °C | 28 | 15 | 0 |
| March | 30.4 °C | 23.0 °C | 26.3 °C | 35.7 °C | 20.0 °C | 31 | 18 | 0 |
| April | 29.9 °C | 23.0 °C | 25.9 °C | 33.3 °C | 20.6 °C | 30 | 14 | 0 |
| May | 29.6 °C | 22.6 °C | 25.7 °C | 33.9 °C | 20.1 °C | 31 | 11 | 0 |
| June | 29.4 °C | 20.4 °C | 24.7 °C | 33.4 °C | 15.6 °C | 30 | 10 | 0 |
| July | 29.8 °C | 19.5 °C | 24.4 °C | 34.2 °C | 15.8 °C | 31 | 15 | 0 |
| August | 30.2 °C | 20.3 °C | 25.0 °C | 33.9 °C | 16.7 °C | 31 | 17 | 0 |
| September | 31.3 °C | 21.6 °C | 26.1 °C | 35.2 °C | 18.6 °C | 30 | 23 | 0 |
| October | 30.6 °C | 22.5 °C | 26.0 °C | 35.4 °C | 19.2 °C | 31 | 20 | 0 |
| November | 29.2 °C | 22.3 °C | 25.3 °C | 33.0 °C | 20.4 °C | 30 | 7 | 0 |
| December | 29.0 °C | 22.4 °C | 25.3 °C | 31.7 °C | 20.3 °C | 31 | 5 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 123 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 85 % | 7.9 km/h |
| February | 109 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 83 % | 8.5 km/h |
| March | 134 mm | 20 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 83 % | 8.3 km/h |
| April | 193 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 83 % | 86 % | 7.5 km/h |
| May | 100 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 71 % | 85 % | 7.4 km/h |
| June | 6 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 52 % | 77 % | 8.9 km/h |
| July | 1 mm | 0 | 12 h/day | 52 % | 71 % | 10 km/h |
| August | 9 mm | 2 | 12 h/day | 63 % | 69 % | 11 km/h |
| September | 23 mm | 6 | 12 h/day | 69 % | 69 % | 11 km/h |
| October | 133 mm | 21 | 12 h/day | 77 % | 77 % | 9.2 km/h |
| November | 196 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 82 % | 85 % | 7.7 km/h |
| December | 169 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 86 % | 7.4 km/h |
How Masina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masina | 31 °C | 19 °C | 1,197 mm | 365 |
| Kinshasa · Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31 °C | 20 °C | 1,074 mm | 365 |
| Bandundu Province · Democratic Republic of the Congo | 32 °C | 23 °C | 1,362 mm | 365 |
| Matadi · Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31 °C | 18 °C | 1,065 mm | 359 |
| Boma · Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31 °C | 19 °C | 1,150 mm | 363 |
| Uíge · Angola | 30 °C | 16 °C | 1,921 mm | 345 |
| Cabinda · Angola | 29 °C | 20 °C | 1,267 mm | 298 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Masina.
QuestionsCommon questions about Masina’s climate
When is the best time to visit Masina?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, September is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Masina get?
In September, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 165 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 36 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 19 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Masina?
November, averaging 196 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is July with 1 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,197 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 Masina 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
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
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.