Gandajika weather in November

In November, Gandajika sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 177 mm of rain across 24.8 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-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 2% of the time in November, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of November to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Gandajika's 9th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gandajika's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 177 mm; 24.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:00 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 9th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 11th windiest
Solar energy: 5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.3; 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.

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Temperature in November

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical November day in Gandajika reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs on par with October and on par with December.

	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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

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

How November really feels in Gandajika

Once humidity and wind are folded in, November averages 0 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

November sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Gandajika weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 21°	153	22.5	12.3	3.6
Feb	30° / 21°	137	19.3	12.2	3.5
Mar	30° / 21°	168	22.4	12	3.4
Apr	30° / 21°	129	18.8	11.9	3.7
May	32° / 21°	27	5.1	11.7	4.5
Jun	33° / 20°	3	0.6	11.6	4.6
Jul	33° / 20°	1	0.2	11.6	4.5
Aug	33° / 21°	20	4.2	11.8	4.2
Sep	31° / 21°	87	15.9	12	3.7
Oct	30° / 21°	142	22.5	12.1	3.5
Nov	29° / 20°	177	24.8	12.3	3.3
Dec	29° / 20°	177	24.7	12.4	3.5

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

	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 (%)	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	13	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	10
Cloudier (%)	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	87	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	90

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	10	90

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Gandajika gets around 177 mm of rain over 24.8 wet days in November, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 82% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days. The odds climb 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 (%)	78	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	80
11	80
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	81
16	81
17	82
18	82
19	83
20	83
21	84
22	84
23	85
24	85
25	86
26	86
27	86
28	86
29	86
30	86

Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November lands in the muggy band about 71% 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 (%)	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	71	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	69	69	69
Oppressive (%)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	31	31

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31

Wind in November

Winds average 4 km/h in November.

Across November, 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
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
2	4	calm
3	4	calm
4	4	calm
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30	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of November to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 6:03 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:24 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)	12.2	12.2	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4
Sunrise (AM)	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03
Sunset (PM)	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:24	6:24	6:24

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:00	6:15
2	12.2	6:00	6:15
3	12.3	6:00	6:15
4	12.3	6:00	6:16
5	12.3	6:00	6:16
6	12.3	6:00	6:16
7	12.3	6:00	6:16
8	12.3	6:00	6:16
9	12.3	6:00	6:17
10	12.3	6:00	6:17
11	12.3	6:00	6:17
12	12.3	6:00	6:18
13	12.3	6:00	6:18
14	12.3	6:00	6:18
15	12.3	6:00	6:18
16	12.3	6:00	6:19
17	12.3	6:00	6:19
18	12.3	6:00	6:20
19	12.3	6:00	6:20
20	12.3	6:01	6:20
21	12.3	6:01	6:21
22	12.3	6:01	6:21
23	12.3	6:01	6:21
24	12.3	6:01	6:22
25	12.3	6:01	6:22
26	12.3	6:02	6:23
27	12.4	6:02	6:23
28	12.4	6:02	6:24
29	12.4	6:02	6:24
30	12.4	6:03	6:24

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 5.47 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 — November's 5.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.5	Bright
2	5.5	Bright
3	5.5	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
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18	5.5	Bright
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20	5.4	Bright
21	5.4	Bright
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25	5.4	Bright
26	5.4	Bright
27	5.3	Bright
28	5.3	Bright
29	5.3	Bright
30	5.3	Bright

Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Gandajika

In seasonPeak

In November, Gandajika sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

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 November a good time to visit Gandajika?

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

3.3

Sightseeing

12th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

November is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gandajika.

What to pack for Gandajika in November

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

In November, Gandajika sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gandajika in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 11 (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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	13	13	15	14	10	9	7	6	12	13	11	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	High	High	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	7	High
Aug	6	High
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Gandajika in November

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where November 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).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	25	27	23	26	61	78	101	99	50	30	23	22
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	25	Moderate
Feb	27	Moderate
Mar	23	Moderate
Apr	26	Moderate
May	61	Unhealthy
Jun	78	Unhealthy
Jul	101	Unhealthy
Aug	99	Unhealthy
Sep	50	Poor
Oct	30	Moderate
Nov	23	Moderate
Dec	22	Moderate

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.

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

grassland 42%

16 km

205 m

grassland 83%

80 km

542 m

grassland 80%

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← October Gandajika year-round climate December →Best places to visit in November

November 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).

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	80
11	80
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	81
16	81
17	82
18	82
19	83
20	83
21	84
22	84
23	85
24	85
25	86
26	86
27	86
28	86
29	86
30	86

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	80
11	80
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	81
16	81
17	82
18	82
19	83
20	83
21	84
22	84
23	85
24	85
25	86
26	86
27	86
28	86
29	86
30	86

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	14	86
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	78
2	79
3	79
4	80
5	80
6	80
7	80
8	80
9	80
10	80
11	80
12	80
13	80
14	80
15	81
16	81
17	82
18	82
19	83
20	83
21	84
22	84
23	85
24	85
25	86
26	86
27	86
28	86
29	86
30	86

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	71	29
2	71	29
3	71	29
4	71	29
5	71	29
6	71	29
7	71	29
8	71	29
9	71	29
10	71	29
11	72	28
12	72	28
13	72	28
14	72	28
15	72	28
16	72	28
17	72	28
18	72	28
19	71	29
20	71	29
21	71	29
22	71	29
23	70	30
24	70	30
25	70	30
26	69	31
27	69	31
28	69	31
29	69	31
30	69	31