Kasongo weather in July

In July, Kasongo sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 9 mm of rain across 2.3 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% 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 Kasongo's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kasongo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
21°
1st coldest
Rainfall
9 mm
2.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:26 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
48%
1st clearest
Wind
6 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Kasongo is town and territory in Maniema Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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 33°C through the month.

A typical July day in Kasongo reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 1°C warmer than August.

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How July really feels in Kasongo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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 July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kasongo 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
Jan29° / 21°17922.312.23.9
Feb29° / 22°1541812.13.9
Mar29° / 22°19421.8123.7
Apr29° / 22°1652111.93.7
May31° / 22°6411.611.84.4
Jun32° / 21°143.411.74.6
Jul33° / 21°92.311.84.4
Aug32° / 21°438.911.94.2
Sep30° / 22°10617.8123.9
Oct29° / 21°20625.112.13.6
Nov28° / 21°24525.812.23.8
Dec28° / 21°20925.212.33.8

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 41% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 35%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Kasongo gets around 9 mm of rain over 2.3 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 8% and peaks near 15% 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 35% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 36% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1162125344
2182125334
3192125323
4202125313
5212224312
6222224302
7232224292
8242224281
9252224281
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27121724433
28111724443
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3091624464
3181524475

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
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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 6:24 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 6:14 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:246:09
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311.76:256:09
411.76:256:10
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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 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 5.42 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 5.36 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Kasongo

In seasonPeak

None of Kasongo's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kasongo'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 July a good time to visit Kasongo?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kasongo in July

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

In July, Kasongo sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kasongo in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kasongo peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 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 19UV 15Aug 13UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Kasongo 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 Kasongo is worst in July — around 138 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 13.9× the cleanest month (April, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodJul 13134 µg/m³Apr 910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr10Good
May46Poor
Jun114Unhealthy
Jul138Unhealthy
Aug81Unhealthy
Sep30Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kasongo?

Kasongo sits at 4.4°S, 26.7°E, 640 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kampene, 92 km away.

LubaoKabaloKinduKalimaNyunzuUvira

Topography around Kasongo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kasongo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 625 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 335 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 651 m.

The land around Kasongo is covered by grassland (41%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, grassland (49%), trees (28%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
121 m
16 km
335 m
80 km
651 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Kampene 92 km · Kongolo 113 km · Lubao 147 km · Kabalo 183 km · Kindu 184 km · Kalima 208 km · Nyunzu 226 km · Uvira 297 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 Kasongo (-4.4274°, 26.6666°, elevation 640 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).