Gandajika weather in June

In June, Gandajika sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 3 mm of rain across 0.6 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of June to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Gandajika's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gandajika's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
3 mm
0.6 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:36 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover
41%
2nd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Gandajika is town in Lomami Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical June day in Gandajika reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 1°C warmer than May and on par with July.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How June really feels in Gandajika

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June 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
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Gandajika weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 2nd-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°15322.512.33.6
Feb30° / 21°13719.312.23.5
Mar30° / 21°16822.4123.4
Apr30° / 21°12918.811.93.7
May32° / 21°275.111.74.5
Jun33° / 20°30.611.64.6
Jul33° / 20°10.211.64.5
Aug33° / 21°204.211.84.2
Sep31° / 21°8715.9123.7
Oct30° / 21°14222.512.13.5
Nov29° / 20°17724.812.33.3
Dec29° / 20°17724.712.43.5

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 28%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16733
26733
36832
47030
57030
67228
77228
87327
97327
107426
117426
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137525
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Gandajika gets around 3 mm of rain over 0.6 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 2% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 56% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 11% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1252324271
2272323261
3302322251
4332221231
5362220221
6392219201
7422118190
8452117170
9472016160
10502016140
11522015130
12541915120
13571814100
14581814100
1560171490
1662171380
1764161370
1864161370
1966161260
2066161260
2169151150
2269151150
2370151050
2471151040
257215940
267215940
277315840
287415830
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Wind in June

Winds average 6 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of June to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:33 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:336:11
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311.66:336:11
411.66:336:11
511.66:346:11
611.66:346:11
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1011.66:356:12
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.51 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.24 kWh/m² to a high of 5.65 kWh/m² in February across the year — June's 5.51 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Gandajika

In seasonPeak

None of Gandajika's seasonal hazards are active in June. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Gandajika's rainy season runs September–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is June a good time to visit Gandajika?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
7.8
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Gandajika for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Gandajika in June

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

In June, Gandajika sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gandajika in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gandajika peaks around March 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighExtremeMar 18UV 15Aug 11UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Gandajika in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Gandajika is worst in July — around 101 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (December, 22 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 23101 µg/m³Dec 1322 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan25Moderate
Feb27Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr26Moderate
May61Unhealthy
Jun78Unhealthy
Jul101Unhealthy
Aug99Unhealthy
Sep50Poor
Oct30Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec22Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Gandajika?

Gandajika sits at 6.7°S, 24.0°E, 802 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Luputa, 54 km away.

Kananga

Topography around Gandajika

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gandajika has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 770 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 542 m.

The land around Gandajika is covered by grassland (42%) and trees (41%) within 3 km, grassland (83%) within 16 km, and grassland (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
100 m
16 km
205 m
80 km
542 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
June weather nearby: Luputa 54 km · Mwene-Ditu 63 km · Mbuji-Mayi 79 km · Miabi 85 km · Kanyama 89 km · Kabinda 89 km · Kabeya-Kamwanga 113 km · Kananga 194 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 Gandajika (-6.745°, 23.9533°, elevation 802 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).