Demba weather in April

In April, Demba sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 160 mm of rain across 21.4 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in April, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of April to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, April is Demba's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Demba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 12th coldest
Rainfall: 160 mm; 21.4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:35 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 7th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.99 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Demba is town in DR Congo.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in April

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical April day in Demba reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, April runs on par with March and on par with May.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22

How April really feels in Demba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, April averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in April is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Demba weather by month

How April compares with the rest of the year at a glance. April is the 8th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 21°	136	19.2	12.3	4.0
Feb	30° / 21°	131	17.5	12.2	3.8
Mar	30° / 22°	176	21.3	12	3.6
Apr	29° / 22°	160	21.4	11.9	3.7
May	30° / 21°	68	12.7	11.8	4.6
Jun	31° / 20°	13	2.8	11.7	5.2
Jul	32° / 20°	7	1.7	11.7	4.9
Aug	31° / 21°	57	10.5	11.8	4.5
Sep	30° / 21°	130	20.7	12	3.7
Oct	29° / 21°	172	24.1	12.1	3.5
Nov	29° / 21°	183	24.6	12.2	3.5
Dec	29° / 21°	162	22.7	12.3	3.8

Cloud cover in April

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 9% of the time in April.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of April, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Clearer (%)	18	18	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	24	25	25
Cloudier (%)	82	82	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	81	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	76	75	75

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	25	75

Chance of precipitation in April

Any precipitation

Demba gets around 160 mm of rain over 21.4 wet days in April. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 70% and peaks near 75% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Rain chance (%)	70	70	70	71	71	72	73	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	73	72	71	70	69	68	66	65	64	63	62	61	60

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	70
4	71
5	71
6	72
7	73
8	74
9	74
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	74
18	73
19	72
20	71
21	70
22	69
23	68
24	66
25	65
26	64
27	63
28	62
29	61
30	60

Humidity in April

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of April feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, April lands in the oppressive band about 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Muggy (%)	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	5	5
Oppressive (%)	99	99	100	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	98	98	98	98	98	98	97	97	97	97	96	96	95	95
Miserable (%)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	0	99	1
2	0	99	1
3	0	100	0
4	1	99	0
5	1	99	0
6	1	99	0
7	1	99	0
8	1	99	0
9	1	99	0
10	1	99	0
11	1	99	0
12	1	99	0
13	1	99	0
14	1	99	0
15	1	99	0
16	1	99	0
17	2	98	0
18	2	98	0
19	2	98	0
20	2	98	0
21	2	98	0
22	2	98	0
23	3	97	0
24	3	97	0
25	3	97	0
26	3	97	0
27	4	96	0
28	4	96	0
29	5	95	0
30	5	95	0

Wind in April

Winds average 4 km/h in April.

Across April, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
5	4	calm
6	4	calm
7	4	calm
8	4	calm
9	4	calm
10	4	calm
11	4	calm
12	4	calm
13	4	calm
14	4	calm
15	4	calm
16	4	calm
17	4	calm
18	4	calm
19	4	calm
20	4	calm
21	4	calm
22	4	calm
23	4	calm
24	4	calm
25	4	calm
26	4	calm
27	4	calm
28	4	calm
29	4	calm
30	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in April

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of April to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over April. Sunrise moves from 6:37 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:23 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Daylight (h)	12.0	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34
Sunset (PM)	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:23

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	6:37	6:34
2	11.9	6:37	6:34
3	11.9	6:37	6:33
4	11.9	6:36	6:33
5	11.9	6:36	6:32
6	11.9	6:36	6:32
7	11.9	6:36	6:31
8	11.9	6:36	6:31
9	11.9	6:36	6:31
10	11.9	6:36	6:30
11	11.9	6:35	6:30
12	11.9	6:35	6:29
13	11.9	6:35	6:29
14	11.9	6:35	6:28
15	11.9	6:35	6:28
16	11.9	6:35	6:28
17	11.9	6:35	6:27
18	11.9	6:35	6:27
19	11.9	6:34	6:26
20	11.9	6:34	6:26
21	11.9	6:34	6:26
22	11.9	6:34	6:25
23	11.8	6:34	6:25
24	11.8	6:34	6:25
25	11.8	6:34	6:24
26	11.8	6:34	6:24
27	11.8	6:34	6:24
28	11.8	6:34	6:23
29	11.8	6:34	6:23
30	11.8	6:34	6:23

Solar energy in April

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in April, about 4.99 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in February across the year — April's 4.99 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.2	Bright
2	5.2	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
7	5.1	Bright
8	5.1	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in April

Is April a good time to visit Demba?

Our two travel scores rate April for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.7

Sightseeing

8th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

April is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Demba.

What to pack for Demba in April

From April's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In April, Demba sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Demba in April

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in April peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Demba peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 12 at about 5 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	12	13	15	14	9	8	6	5	11	13	11	11
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	6	High
Aug	5	High
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	11	Extreme

Air quality in Demba in April

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where April falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Demba is worst in August — around 122 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.4× the cleanest month (November, 15 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	22	31	19	18	28	45	90	122	39	18	15	17
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	22	Moderate
Feb	31	Moderate
Mar	19	Moderate
Apr	18	Moderate
May	28	Moderate
Jun	45	Poor
Jul	90	Unhealthy
Aug	122	Unhealthy
Sep	39	Poor
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	17	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Demba?

Demba sits at 5.5°S, 22.3°E, 632 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kananga, 47 km away.

Topography around Demba

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Demba.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Demba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m around an average of 582 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m.

The land around Demba is covered by trees (40%), shrubs (24%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (72%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km

109 m

trees 40%

16 km

170 m

trees 72%

80 km

376 m

trees 79%

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← March Demba year-round climate May →Best places to visit in April

April weather nearby: Kananga 47 km · Luebo 95 km · Mweka 106 km · Kabeya-Kamwanga 122 km · Lusambo 142 km · Miabi 148 km · Mbuji-Mayi 162 km · Tshikapa 192 km

Democratic Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $807; 2025
Happiness: 3.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 12%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 34.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 400

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Demba (-5.4957°, 22.2696°, elevation 632 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	70
4	71
5	71
6	72
7	73
8	74
9	74
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	74
18	73
19	72
20	71
21	70
22	69
23	68
24	66
25	65
26	64
27	63
28	62
29	61
30	60

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	0	99	1
2	0	99	1
3	0	100	0
4	1	99	0
5	1	99	0
6	1	99	0
7	1	99	0
8	1	99	0
9	1	99	0
10	1	99	0
11	1	99	0
12	1	99	0
13	1	99	0
14	1	99	0
15	1	99	0
16	1	99	0
17	2	98	0
18	2	98	0
19	2	98	0
20	2	98	0
21	2	98	0
22	2	98	0
23	3	97	0
24	3	97	0
25	3	97	0
26	3	97	0
27	4	96	0
28	4	96	0
29	5	95	0
30	5	95	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	70
4	71
5	71
6	72
7	73
8	74
9	74
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	74
18	73
19	72
20	71
21	70
22	69
23	68
24	66
25	65
26	64
27	63
28	62
29	61
30	60

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	0	99	1
2	0	99	1
3	0	100	0
4	1	99	0
5	1	99	0
6	1	99	0
7	1	99	0
8	1	99	0
9	1	99	0
10	1	99	0
11	1	99	0
12	1	99	0
13	1	99	0
14	1	99	0
15	1	99	0
16	1	99	0
17	2	98	0
18	2	98	0
19	2	98	0
20	2	98	0
21	2	98	0
22	2	98	0
23	3	97	0
24	3	97	0
25	3	97	0
26	3	97	0
27	4	96	0
28	4	96	0
29	5	95	0
30	5	95	0

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	22
2	30	22
3	30	22
4	30	22
5	30	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	18	82
2	18	82
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	20	80
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	19	81
13	19	81
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	22	78
24	22	78
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	24	76
29	25	75
30	25	75

	Rain chance (%)
1	70
2	70
3	70
4	71
5	71
6	72
7	73
8	74
9	74
10	75
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	75
16	75
17	74
18	73
19	72
20	71
21	70
22	69
23	68
24	66
25	65
26	64
27	63
28	62
29	61
30	60

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	0	99	1
2	0	99	1
3	0	100	0
4	1	99	0
5	1	99	0
6	1	99	0
7	1	99	0
8	1	99	0
9	1	99	0
10	1	99	0
11	1	99	0
12	1	99	0
13	1	99	0
14	1	99	0
15	1	99	0
16	1	99	0
17	2	98	0
18	2	98	0
19	2	98	0
20	2	98	0
21	2	98	0
22	2	98	0
23	3	97	0
24	3	97	0
25	3	97	0
26	3	97	0
27	4	96	0
28	4	96	0
29	5	95	0
30	5	95	0