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Kinshasa, Kinshasa

Democratic Republic of the Congo · 16.0M people · 283 m elevation · Southern Hemisphere

Every month in detail

Thirty-year averages for each calendar month.

Monthly climate normals. Values shown as an em dash are missing from the source data.
MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Average high89°F (32°C)90°F (32°C)91°F (33°C)91°F (33°C)89°F (32°C)85°F (29°C)83°F (28°C)84°F (29°C)87°F (31°C)89°F (31°C)88°F (31°C)87°F (31°C)
Average low73°F (23°C)73°F (23°C)73°F (23°C)73°F (23°C)72°F (22°C)68°F (20°C)67°F (19°C)68°F (20°C)71°F (22°C)72°F (22°C)72°F (22°C)72°F (22°C)
Dew point73°F (23°C)73°F (23°C)73°F (23°C)74°F (23°C)73°F (23°C)68°F (20°C)65°F (18°C)65°F (18°C)67°F (19°C)70°F (21°C)72°F (22°C)73°F (23°C)
Rainfall5.2 in (132 mm)5.2 in (133 mm)6.4 in (163 mm)8.9 in (227 mm)4.6 in (116 mm)0.2 in (6 mm)0.1 in (2 mm)0.4 in (11 mm)1.3 in (33 mm)6.1 in (155 mm)11.2 in (283 mm)6.9 in (176 mm)
Rainy days11101316101013122015
Snowfall0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)0 in (0 cm)
Sunshine147 h128 h147 h144 h180 h198 h205 h172 h170 h158 h144 h144 h

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Projected change, 2031–2050

Model projection, not an observation

How this city’s climate may change, measured against the same models’ own 1995–2014 output. Nothing here affects the match score above.

Change in summer afternoon highs

+0.8°F (+0.5°C)

Models range from +0.5°F (+0.3°C) to +1.3°F (+0.7°C)

Days above 90°F (32°C) a year

21 → 26

About 1.3× as many

Warming by month
  • January: +0.7°F (+0.4°C)
  • February: +0.8°F (+0.4°C)
  • March: +1.3°F (+0.7°C)
  • April: +1.6°F (+0.9°C)
  • May: +1.8°F (+1.0°C)
  • June: +1.5°F (+0.8°C)
  • July: +0.7°F (+0.4°C)
  • August: +0.3°F (+0.2°C)
  • September: +0.2°F (+0.1°C)
  • October: +0.7°F (+0.4°C)
  • November: +1.1°F (+0.6°C)
  • December: +1.0°F (+0.5°C)
Scenario
SSP5-8.5 (high emissions)
Models
4 · CMIP6 HighResMIP, downscaled

This is a high-emissions pathway — the upper end of plausible futures, not a central estimate. Changes are measured by each model against its own past output and then applied to the observed record, which cancels each model’s bias but not the genuine uncertainty about how much warming occurs. Where the models disagree widely, the range above is the honest answer.