Mwene climate

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Mwene is warmest in August, with average highs of 33 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 17 °C. January is the wettest month (221 mm) and July the driest (0.10 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.

Across a full year Mwene averages 1,176 mm of rain and 348 days above 25 °C.

Democratic Republic of the Congo · population 295,683 · 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 August 33 °C
Coldest month July 17 °C
Driest month July 0 mm
Wettest month January 221 mm
Least cloud July 21 % cloud
Hottest on record September 38 °C
Coldest on record July 11 °C

What to expectMwene through the year

Mwene has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 32 °C in July to 33 °C in August, a swing of 3.6 °C in mean temperature across the year.

Counted across a normal year, 348 days a year reach 25 °C, 186 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C, in September.

Rain is strongly seasonal. January averages 221 mm against 0 mm in July — 2,285 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.

Month by month

Month	Avg high	Rainfall	Cloud
January	27.4 °C	221 mm	91 %
February	28.0 °C	198 mm	89 %
March	28.1 °C	176 mm	86 %
April	29.0 °C	78 mm	66 %
May	31.5 °C	4 mm	39 %
June	31.6 °C	under 1 mm	21 %
July	31.8 °C	under 1 mm	21 %
August	33.4 °C	2 mm	32 %
September	33.0 °C	27 mm	51 %
October	30.6 °C	97 mm	72 %
November	28.2 °C	162 mm	86 %
December	27.3 °C	211 mm	90 %

Temperature month by month

Month	Avg high	Avg low	Mean	Record high	Record low	Days above 25 °C	Days above 30 °C
January	27.4 °C	19.1 °C	22.5 °C	31.9 °C	16.3 °C	27	2
February	28.0 °C	19.3 °C	22.9 °C	33.6 °C	16.8 °C	25	5
March	28.1 °C	19.3 °C	23.0 °C	32.8 °C	16.9 °C	28	5
April	29.0 °C	19.0 °C	23.4 °C	32.9 °C	15.1 °C	29	8
May	31.5 °C	18.6 °C	24.6 °C	34.6 °C	14.3 °C	31	27
June	31.6 °C	16.9 °C	23.8 °C	34.9 °C	11.5 °C	30	27
July	31.8 °C	16.6 °C	23.8 °C	35.0 °C	11.0 °C	31	28
August	33.4 °C	18.5 °C	25.7 °C	36.8 °C	12.8 °C	31	31
September	33.0 °C	20.0 °C	26.0 °C	38.1 °C	13.7 °C	30	28
October	30.6 °C	19.7 °C	24.4 °C	37.0 °C	16.7 °C	31	19
November	28.2 °C	19.1 °C	23.0 °C	33.9 °C	16.6 °C	28	5
December	27.3 °C	19.1 °C	22.5 °C	31.5 °C	17.0 °C	27	2

Rain, sun and wind month by month

Month	Rainfall	Wet days	Daylight	Cloud cover	Humidity	Wind
January	221 mm	26	13 h/day	91 %	86 %	9.4 km/h
February	198 mm	23	12 h/day	89 %	85 %	9.0 km/h
March	176 mm	24	12 h/day	86 %	86 %	8.3 km/h
April	78 mm	13	12 h/day	66 %	78 %	9.5 km/h
May	4 mm	1	12 h/day	39 %	51 %	11 km/h
June	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	21 %	35 %	12 km/h
July	under 1 mm	0	12 h/day	21 %	30 %	12 km/h
August	2 mm	0	12 h/day	32 %	33 %	12 km/h
September	27 mm	5	12 h/day	51 %	53 %	12 km/h
October	97 mm	17	12 h/day	72 %	74 %	10 km/h
November	162 mm	24	13 h/day	86 %	84 %	8.6 km/h
December	211 mm	27	13 h/day	90 %	87 %	8.8 km/h

How Mwene 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
Mwene	33 °C	17 °C	1,176 mm	348
Kamina · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	17 °C	1,233 mm	337
Saurimo · Angola	33 °C	16 °C	1,351 mm	344
Kolwezi · Democratic Republic of the Congo	30 °C	13 °C	1,041 mm	223
Mwene-Ditu · Democratic Republic of the Congo	31 °C	18 °C	1,347 mm	351
Dundo · Angola	34 °C	18 °C	1,437 mm	359
Gandajika · Democratic Republic of the Congo	32 °C	19 °C	1,198 mm	360

Where Mwene ranks

Ranking	Position	Value
The warmest places in Africa in September	38th of 50	33 °C
The driest places in Africa in June	41st of 50	0.2 mm
The driest places in Africa in July	44th of 50	0.10 mm

Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Mwene.

QuestionsCommon questions about Mwene’s climate

When is the best time to visit Mwene?

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

How hot does Mwene get?

In August, the warmest month, daily highs average 33 °C. About 186 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 38 °C.

How cold does it get in winter?

Nights average 17 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.

Which month is wettest in Mwene?

January, averaging 221 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is July with 0 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,176 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 Mwene 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: -9.817°, 22.870° (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.