Gandajika weather in October

In October, Gandajika sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 142 mm of rain across 22.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Gandajika's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gandajika's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
9th warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
142 mm
22.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:05 AM – 6:14 PM
Cloud cover
78%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
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 October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical October day in Gandajika reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C cooler than September and on par with November.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 12 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
12
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Gandajika weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 9th-warmest and 5th-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 October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12872
22773
32674
42674
52575
62476
72476
82278
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102179
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Gandajika gets around 142 mm of rain over 22.5 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 73% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
167
268
368
469
570
670
771
871
972
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1172
1273
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1573
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1773
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1973
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2173
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2876
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3177

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 75% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
118415
218316
318217
418217
518118
618019
717920
817821
917821
1017722
1117623
1217524
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2317128
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Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of October to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 6:01 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:116:15
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312.16:106:15
412.16:106:15
512.16:096:14
612.16:096:14
712.16:086:14
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1012.16:076:14
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1212.16:066:14
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1412.16:056:14
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

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

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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Gandajika

In seasonPeak

In October, 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 October a good time to visit Gandajika?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gandajika.

What to pack for Gandajika in October

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

In October, Gandajika sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gandajika in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 13 (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 October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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