Idiofa weather in July

In July, Idiofa sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 11 mm of rain across 3.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in July, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of July to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Idiofa's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Idiofa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
11 mm
3.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:55 AM – 5:39 PM
Cloud cover
50%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Idiofa is commune in Kwilu, DR Congo.

Density
6,277/km²
people per km²

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

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical July day in Idiofa reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Idiofa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 4 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
4
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Idiofa weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°12821.512.33.5
Feb31° / 21°12719.512.23.3
Mar30° / 21°16223.9123.1
Apr30° / 21°15722.511.93.3
May30° / 21°7214.211.84.3
Jun31° / 20°174.111.75.2
Jul31° / 20°113.111.75.1
Aug31° / 21°5611.911.84.3
Sep30° / 21°12321.7123.5
Oct30° / 21°16825.812.13.2
Nov29° / 21°18525.612.23.2
Dec29° / 21°16125.312.33.3

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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76832
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Idiofa gets around 11 mm of rain over 3.1 wet days in July, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 11% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the muggy band about 43% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 44% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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2111231442
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6151330421
7151430410
8161429400
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2291631440
2381532450
2471532460
2561532470
2651431481
2751431501
2841331511
2941330521
3031230541
3131229551

Wind in July

Winds average 6 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, 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
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 min at the start of July to 11 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:54 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 5:36 PM to 5:41 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:545:36
211.75:545:37
311.75:545:37
411.75:545:37
511.75:545:37
611.75:545:37
711.75:545:38
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.96 kWh/m² to a high of 5.54 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 5.21 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Idiofa?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.6
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Idiofa in July

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

In July, Idiofa sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 3 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Idiofa in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Idiofa peaks around March 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 4 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highModerateExtremeMar 16UV 14Aug 14UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul7High
Aug3Moderate
Sep10Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Idiofa in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Idiofa is worst in August — around 181 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 14.1× the cleanest month (November, 13 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyModerateAug 13173 µg/m³Nov 1713 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan21Moderate
Feb27Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May52Poor
Jun79Unhealthy
Jul135Unhealthy
Aug181Very unhealthy
Sep36Poor
Oct16Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Idiofa?

Idiofa sits at 5.0°S, 19.6°E, 681 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kikwit, 86 km away.

BulunguIleboDunguMasi-ManimbaLuebo

Topography around Idiofa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Idiofa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 196 m around an average of 635 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 297 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 420 m.

The land around Idiofa is covered by grassland (38%), artificial surfaces (28%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, grassland (50%) and trees (33%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (39%) within 80 km.

3 km
196 m
16 km
297 m
80 km
420 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
July weather nearby: Kikwit 86 km · Dibaya-Lubwe 95 km · Mangai 105 km · Bulungu 119 km · Ilebo 131 km · Dungu 170 km · Masi-Manimba 190 km · Luebo 207 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 Idiofa (-4.9659°, 19.5915°, elevation 681 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).