Kasangulu weather in October

In October, Kasangulu sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 118 mm of rain across 19.3 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 6th-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 6% of the time in October, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Kasangulu's 4th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kasangulu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
5th warmest
Overnight low
22°
9th coldest
Rainfall
118 mm
19.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:41 AM – 5:47 PM
Cloud cover
72%
4th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
5th windiest
Solar energy
5 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Kasangulu is place in Kongo Central, 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 31°C through the month.

A typical October day in Kasangulu reaches about 31°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 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and about 1°C warmer than November.

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

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.

Kasangulu weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 5th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°12020.212.23.7
Feb31° / 23°10416.612.13.6
Mar31° / 23°12219.6123.3
Apr31° / 23°16122.911.93.0
May30° / 22°8215.811.84.2
Jun29° / 21°41.211.76.4
Jul29° / 20°10.111.86.7
Aug29° / 20°40.911.96.1
Sep31° / 22°165.1124.9
Oct31° / 22°11819.312.13.6
Nov30° / 22°18925.212.23.2
Dec29° / 22°15624.612.33.4

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 72%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13169
23169
33268
43268
53169
63169
73169
83169
93169
102971
112971
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Kasangulu gets around 118 mm of rain over 19.3 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 62% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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233
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642
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1767
1869
1970
2072
2173
2275
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3082
3183

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 51% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
168311
258312
358114
457916
547818
647521
747323
837126
936829
1036532
1136136
1235839
1335542
1435146
1534849
1634552
1734156
1823860
1923563
2023266
2123068
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2322573
2412376
2512178
2612079
2711881
2811782
2901585
3001486
3101387

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 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
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126calm
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours 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 12 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:47 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.05:475:50
212.05:475:49
312.05:465:49
412.15:465:49
512.15:455:49
612.15:455:49
712.15:455:48
812.15:445:48
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1012.15:435:48
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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 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in March across the year — October's 5 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Kasangulu

In seasonPeak

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

Kasangulu'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 Kasangulu?

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
5.2
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kasangulu.

What to pack for Kasangulu in October

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

In October, Kasangulu sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kasangulu 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 Kasangulu peaks around March 17 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 17UV 15Aug 11UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep10Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Kasangulu 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 Kasangulu is worst in June — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (January, 33 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJun 2259 µg/m³Jan 1433 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan33Moderate
Feb36Poor
Mar36Poor
Apr39Poor
May53Poor
Jun60Unhealthy
Jul59Unhealthy
Aug55Poor
Sep58Unhealthy
Oct45Poor
Nov33Moderate
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kasangulu?

Kasangulu sits at 4.6°S, 15.2°E, 413 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kinshasa, 33 km away.

KimpeseLoutétéMouyondzi

Topography around Kasangulu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kasangulu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m around an average of 415 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 417 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 631 m.

The land around Kasangulu is covered by trees (36%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
154 m
16 km
417 m
80 km
631 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
October weather nearby: Kinshasa 33 km · Masina 33 km · Brazzaville 38 km · Inkisi 62 km · Mbanza-Ngungu 82 km · Kimpese 136 km · Loutété 149 km · Mouyondzi 152 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 Kasangulu (-4.5833°, 15.1655°, elevation 413 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).