Kalemie weather in November

In November, Kalemie sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 111 mm of rain across 18.1 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, November is Kalemie's 10th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalemie's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 5th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 111 mm; 18.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:40 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 10th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 7th windiest
Solar energy: 5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score: 5.0; out of 10

Kalemie is ville de la République démocratique du Congo.

Founded: 1891

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 26°C through the month.

A typical November day in Kalemie reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs about 2°C cooler than 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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

Kalemie weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 5th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 23°	108	21.7	12.3	4.6
Feb	27° / 23°	91	17.4	12.2	4.9
Mar	26° / 23°	148	22.7	12	4.5
Apr	26° / 23°	180	23.2	11.9	4.5
May	26° / 24°	61	10.1	11.7	6.9
Jun	26° / 23°	2	0.7	11.7	8.6
Jul	26° / 23°	1	0.2	11.7	8.9
Aug	27° / 23°	3	0.6	11.8	8.5
Sep	28° / 24°	11	2.7	12	7.3
Oct	28° / 23°	58	10.4	12.1	6.0
Nov	26° / 23°	111	18.1	12.3	5.0
Dec	26° / 22°	123	23.3	12.3	4.4

Cloud cover in November

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in November.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	21	20	19	19	19	19	19	18	18	18	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10
Cloudier (%)	79	80	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	86	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	20	80
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Kalemie gets around 111 mm of rain over 18.1 wet days in November. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 60% and peaks near 72% 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 (%)	46	47	48	49	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	66	67	68	68	69	70	70	71	72

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	48
4	49
5	51
6	52
7	53
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	57
13	58
14	59
15	60
16	61
17	62
18	63
19	64
20	65
21	66
22	66
23	67
24	68
25	68
26	69
27	70
28	70
29	71
30	72

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 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% 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
Humid (%)	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Muggy (%)	96	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93
Oppressive (%)	2	2	2	2	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	7	7	7	7

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	96	2
2	1	97	2
3	1	97	2
4	1	97	2
5	1	96	3
6	1	96	3
7	1	96	3
8	1	96	3
9	1	95	4
10	1	95	4
11	1	95	4
12	1	95	4
13	1	94	5
14	1	94	5
15	1	94	5
16	1	94	5
17	1	94	5
18	1	93	6
19	1	93	6
20	1	93	6
21	1	93	6
22	1	93	6
23	1	93	6
24	0	93	7
25	0	93	7
26	0	93	7
27	0	93	7
28	0	93	7
29	0	93	7
30	0	93	7

Wind in November

Winds average 9 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	10	calm
2	10	calm
3	9	calm
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19	9	calm
20	9	calm
21	9	calm
22	8	calm
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28	8	calm
29	8	calm
30	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in November

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of November to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over November. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 6:02 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	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:59	5:59	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:40	5:53
2	12.2	5:40	5:53
3	12.2	5:40	5:53
4	12.2	5:40	5:54
5	12.2	5:40	5:54
6	12.2	5:40	5:54
7	12.2	5:40	5:54
8	12.2	5:40	5:55
9	12.2	5:40	5:55
10	12.3	5:40	5:55
11	12.3	5:40	5:55
12	12.3	5:40	5:56
13	12.3	5:40	5:56
14	12.3	5:40	5:56
15	12.3	5:40	5:56
16	12.3	5:40	5:57
17	12.3	5:40	5:57
18	12.3	5:40	5:57
19	12.3	5:41	5:58
20	12.3	5:41	5:58
21	12.3	5:41	5:58
22	12.3	5:41	5:59
23	12.3	5:41	5:59
24	12.3	5:42	6:00
25	12.3	5:42	6:00
26	12.3	5:42	6:00
27	12.3	5:42	6:01
28	12.3	5:42	6:01
29	12.3	5:43	6:02
30	12.3	5:43	6:02

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in September across the year — November's 5.26 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.6	Bright
2	5.6	Bright
3	5.6	Bright
4	5.5	Bright
5	5.5	Bright
6	5.5	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
8	5.4	Bright
9	5.4	Bright
10	5.3	Bright
11	5.3	Bright
12	5.3	Bright
13	5.3	Bright
14	5.3	Bright
15	5.2	Bright
16	5.2	Bright
17	5.2	Bright
18	5.2	Bright
19	5.2	Bright
20	5.2	Bright
21	5.2	Bright
22	5.1	Bright
23	5.1	Bright
24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Kalemie

In seasonPeak

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

Kalemie's rainy season runs November–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 Kalemie?

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

5.0

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.9

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

November is a reasonable time to visit Kalemie for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kalemie in November

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

In November, Kalemie sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 23°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kalemie in November

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in November peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kalemie peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 15 at about 8 (very 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)	14	15	16	14	11	9	10	7	11	13	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	14	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	7	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Kalemie 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 Kalemie is worst in September — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 7.2× the cleanest month (April, 8 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)	14	14	10	8	17	42	45	54	54	20	11	9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Good	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	14	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	10	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	17	Moderate
Jun	42	Poor
Jul	45	Poor
Aug	54	Poor
Sep	54	Poor
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	11	Good
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kalemie?

Kalemie sits at 5.9°S, 29.2°E, 787 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kalima, 120 km away.

Topography around Kalemie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalemie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m around an average of 795 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 569 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,739 m.

The land around Kalemie is covered by water (47%), artificial surfaces (25%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and water (39%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), water (37%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km

147 m

water 47%

16 km

569 m

grassland 51%

80 km

1,739 m

trees 38%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater

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

November weather nearby: Kalima 120 km · Kigoma 128 km · Nyunzu 130 km · Mwandiga 134 km · Baudhuinville 140 km · Uvinza 162 km · Kasulu 183 km · Pepa 205 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 Kalemie (-5.9475°, 29.1947°, elevation 787 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	27	23
2	27	23
3	27	23
4	27	23
5	27	23
6	27	23
7	27	23
8	27	23
9	27	23
10	26	23
11	26	23
12	26	23
13	26	23
14	26	22
15	26	22
16	26	22
17	26	22
18	26	22
19	26	22
20	26	22
21	26	22
22	26	22
23	26	22
24	26	22
25	26	22
26	26	22
27	26	22
28	26	22
29	26	22
30	26	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	20	80
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	48
4	49
5	51
6	52
7	53
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	57
13	58
14	59
15	60
16	61
17	62
18	63
19	64
20	65
21	66
22	66
23	67
24	68
25	68
26	69
27	70
28	70
29	71
30	72

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	96	2
2	1	97	2
3	1	97	2
4	1	97	2
5	1	96	3
6	1	96	3
7	1	96	3
8	1	96	3
9	1	95	4
10	1	95	4
11	1	95	4
12	1	95	4
13	1	94	5
14	1	94	5
15	1	94	5
16	1	94	5
17	1	94	5
18	1	93	6
19	1	93	6
20	1	93	6
21	1	93	6
22	1	93	6
23	1	93	6
24	0	93	7
25	0	93	7
26	0	93	7
27	0	93	7
28	0	93	7
29	0	93	7
30	0	93	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	20	80
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	48
4	49
5	51
6	52
7	53
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	57
13	58
14	59
15	60
16	61
17	62
18	63
19	64
20	65
21	66
22	66
23	67
24	68
25	68
26	69
27	70
28	70
29	71
30	72

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	96	2
2	1	97	2
3	1	97	2
4	1	97	2
5	1	96	3
6	1	96	3
7	1	96	3
8	1	96	3
9	1	95	4
10	1	95	4
11	1	95	4
12	1	95	4
13	1	94	5
14	1	94	5
15	1	94	5
16	1	94	5
17	1	94	5
18	1	93	6
19	1	93	6
20	1	93	6
21	1	93	6
22	1	93	6
23	1	93	6
24	0	93	7
25	0	93	7
26	0	93	7
27	0	93	7
28	0	93	7
29	0	93	7
30	0	93	7

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	20	80
3	19	81
4	19	81
5	19	81
6	19	81
7	19	81
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	16	84
12	16	84
13	16	84
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	13	87
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	12	88
25	11	89
26	11	89
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	10	90
30	10	90

	Rain chance (%)
1	46
2	47
3	48
4	49
5	51
6	52
7	53
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	57
13	58
14	59
15	60
16	61
17	62
18	63
19	64
20	65
21	66
22	66
23	67
24	68
25	68
26	69
27	70
28	70
29	71
30	72

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	96	2
2	1	97	2
3	1	97	2
4	1	97	2
5	1	96	3
6	1	96	3
7	1	96	3
8	1	96	3
9	1	95	4
10	1	95	4
11	1	95	4
12	1	95	4
13	1	94	5
14	1	94	5
15	1	94	5
16	1	94	5
17	1	94	5
18	1	93	6
19	1	93	6
20	1	93	6
21	1	93	6
22	1	93	6
23	1	93	6
24	0	93	7
25	0	93	7
26	0	93	7
27	0	93	7
28	0	93	7
29	0	93	7
30	0	93	7