Kananga weather in November

In November, Kananga sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 186 mm of rain across 24.9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 oppressive.

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 Kananga's 10th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kananga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
12th warmest
Overnight low
20°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
186 mm
24.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:07 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
83%
10th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Kananga is capital city of the Kasai-Central Province in DRC and capital of the former Kasaï-Occidental Province.

Density
1,679/km²
people per km²
Founded
1884

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

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 Kananga reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, November runs on par with October and on par with December.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How November really feels in Kananga

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Kananga weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°13119.512.34.0
Feb30° / 21°1271812.23.7
Mar30° / 21°17622.2123.5
Apr30° / 21°17822.111.93.5
May31° / 21°6411.811.74.5
Jun31° / 20°102.211.75.2
Jul32° / 20°61.311.75.0
Aug31° / 21°521011.84.6
Sep30° / 21°13619.8123.8
Oct29° / 21°18124.812.13.4
Nov29° / 20°18624.912.33.5
Dec29° / 21°15922.312.33.8

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%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11288
21288
31387
41387
51387
61387
71387
81387
91387
101387
111387
121387
131387
141486
151486
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191387
201387
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301387

Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Kananga gets around 186 mm of rain over 24.9 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 85% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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884
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Humidity in November

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, November lands in the oppressive band about 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
13466
23466
33466
43565
53565
63565
73565
83565
93565
103664
113664
123664
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183565
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203565
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223565
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243664
253664
263763
273763
283862
293862
303961

Wind in November

Winds average 4 km/h in November, the calmest month.

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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
24calm
34calm
44calm
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64calm
74calm
84calm
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104calm
114calm
124calm
134calm
144calm
154calm
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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 6:08 AM to 6:10 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:29 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:086:20
212.26:076:20
312.26:076:21
412.26:076:21
512.26:076:21
612.26:076:21
712.26:076:21
812.26:076:22
912.26:076:22
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1112.36:076:22
1212.36:076:23
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2912.36:106:29
3012.36:106:29

Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.06 kWh/m² to a high of 5.55 kWh/m² in February across the year — November's 5.18 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.3Bright
25.3Bright
35.3Bright
45.3Bright
55.3Bright
65.2Bright
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85.2Bright
95.2Bright
105.2Bright
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125.2Bright
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155.2Bright
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305.1Bright
Planning a trip in November

Is November a good time to visit Kananga?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

November is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kananga.

What to pack for Kananga in November

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

In November, Kananga 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 Kananga 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 Kananga peaks around March 18 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 12 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighExtremeMar 18UV 15Aug 12UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul6High
Aug5Moderate
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Kananga 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 Kananga is worst in August — around 134 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.2× the cleanest month (November, 19 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyModerateAug 13128 µg/m³Nov 2019 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb36Poor
Mar22Moderate
Apr22Moderate
May38Poor
Jun59Unhealthy
Jul102Unhealthy
Aug134Unhealthy
Sep45Poor
Oct23Moderate
Nov19Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kananga?

Kananga sits at 5.9°S, 22.4°E, 643 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Demba, 47 km away.

LueboMbuji-MayiMwekaLusamboMwene-Ditu

Topography around Kananga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kananga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m around an average of 612 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 200 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 467 m.

The land around Kananga is covered by artificial surfaces (50%) and trees (32%) within 3 km, trees (34%), shrubs (30%) and grassland (30%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) within 80 km.

3 km
92 m
16 km
200 m
80 km
467 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
November weather nearby: Demba 47 km · Kabeya-Kamwanga 93 km · Miabi 114 km · Luebo 126 km · Mbuji-Mayi 132 km · Mweka 150 km · Lusambo 153 km · Mwene-Ditu 169 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 Kananga (-5.8962°, 22.4166°, elevation 643 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).