Kabalo weather in October

In October, Kabalo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 138 mm of rain across 19.7 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 30°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in October, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Kabalo's 7th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kabalo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
7th warmest
Overnight low
22°
8th coldest
Rainfall
138 mm
19.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:53 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
78%
7th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.34 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Kabalo is town in Tanganyika Province, DRC.

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Highs ease over the month, from about 31°C in the first days to 30°C by the end.

A typical October day in Kabalo reaches about 30°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 33°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 2°C cooler than September and about 2°C warmer than November.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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23122
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How October really feels in Kabalo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 31 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
31
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.

Kabalo weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 22°16521.112.33.8
Feb30° / 22°13518.312.23.7
Mar30° / 22°16620.9123.6
Apr31° / 22°12918.611.93.6
May33° / 22°26611.74.0
Jun34° / 22°30.511.73.7
Jul34° / 21°10.111.73.6
Aug34° / 22°122.211.83.5
Sep33° / 23°508.9123.7
Oct30° / 22°13819.712.13.6
Nov29° / 22°19923.812.33.5
Dec29° / 22°19224.212.33.7

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% 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 78%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23367
33367
43169
53169
62971
72971
82872
92575
102575
112476
122377
132278
142278
152278
162179
172179
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201981
211783
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311585

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Kabalo gets around 138 mm of rain over 19.7 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 63% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
149
251
352
453
554
655
756
857
958
1059
1160
1260
1361
1462
1563
1663
1764
1865
1966
2067
2168
2268
2369
2470
2570
2671
2771
2872
2973
3073
3174

Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the oppressive band about 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1125839
2125641
3025543
4025345
5015247
6015049
7014851
8014653
9014554
10014356
11014158
12014059
13003862
14003763
15003565
16003367
17003268
18003070
19002872
20002674
21002575
22002377
23002179
24002080
25001981
26001783
27001684
28001585
29001486
30001387
31001288

Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 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
36calm
46calm
56calm
66calm
76calm
86calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
146calm
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166calm
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305calm
315calm

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 6:00 AM to 5:50 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 6:02 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.16:006:03
212.15:596:03
312.15:596:03
412.15:586:02
512.15:586:02
612.15:576:02
712.15:576:02
812.15:566:02
912.15:566:02
1012.15:566:02
1112.15:556:02
1212.15:556:02
1312.15:546:02
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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 5.34 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.97 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in July across the year — October's 5.34 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.5Bright
25.4Bright
35.4Bright
45.4Bright
55.4Bright
65.4Bright
75.4Bright
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95.4Bright
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155.4Bright
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215.3Bright
225.3Bright
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245.3Bright
255.3Bright
265.3Bright
275.2Bright
285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Kabalo

In seasonPeak

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

Kabalo's rainy season runs October–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 Kabalo?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kabalo.

What to pack for Kabalo in October

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

In October, Kabalo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kabalo 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 Kabalo peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 16UV 15Aug 14UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Kabalo 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 Kabalo is worst in July — around 173 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 19.6× the cleanest month (April, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyUnhealthyModerateGoodJul 17163 µg/m³Apr 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr9Good
May23Moderate
Jun88Unhealthy
Jul173Very unhealthy
Aug94Unhealthy
Sep35Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kabalo?

Kabalo sits at 6.1°S, 26.9°E, 560 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kongolo, 75 km away.

NyunzuManonoLubaoKalimaKasongoMulongoMalemba-Nkulu

Topography around Kabalo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kabalo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 555 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 471 m.

The land around Kabalo is covered by grassland (47%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (34%), trees (33%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and trees (54%), grassland (25%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
52 m
80 km
471 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
October weather nearby: Kongolo 75 km · Nyunzu 122 km · Manono 149 km · Lubao 149 km · Kalima 157 km · Kasongo 183 km · Mulongo 198 km · Malemba-Nkulu 222 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 Kabalo (-6.0526°, 26.9143°, elevation 560 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).