Kikwit weather in July

In July, Kikwit sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 7 mm of rain across 2.3 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% 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 Kikwit's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kikwit's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
1st warmest
Overnight low
21°
1st coldest
Rainfall
7 mm
2.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
5:58 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover
47%
1st clearest
Wind
5 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.26 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Kikwit is city in Congo-Kinshasa.

Density
5,537/km²
people per km²
Founded
1970

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 32°C through the month.

A typical July day in Kikwit reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How July really feels in Kikwit

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.

Kikwit 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
Jan30° / 22°11619.312.33.6
Feb31° / 22°11116.612.23.5
Mar31° / 22°13320.5123.3
Apr31° / 22°16623.511.93.1
May31° / 22°8315.611.84.0
Jun31° / 21°133.511.75.0
Jul32° / 21°72.311.74.8
Aug32° / 22°411011.84.1
Sep31° / 22°10618.9123.5
Oct30° / 21°16725.512.13.2
Nov30° / 21°17924.912.23.2
Dec30° / 21°14823.412.33.4

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 47% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 20% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 33%. 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

Kikwit gets around 7 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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Rain chance (%)
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3014
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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 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 46% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
14933513
24933513
351033502
461032502
561132491
671232481
781332471
881332461
991432450
1091532440
1191632430
1291632430
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1491633420
1591633420
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1881535420
1971536420
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3021137501
3121036502

Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 5:57 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:44 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.75:575:39
211.75:575:40
311.75:575:40
411.75:575:40
511.75:575:40
611.75:575:40
711.75:585:41
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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 5.26 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.9 kWh/m² to a high of 5.56 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 5.26 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Kikwit?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kikwit in July

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

In July, Kikwit sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kikwit in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kikwit peaks around March 14 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 4 (moderate).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateExtremeMar 14UV 14Aug 14UV 4
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul7High
Aug4Moderate
Sep10Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Kikwit 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 Kikwit is worst in August — around 166 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 12.2× the cleanest month (November, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyUnhealthyModerateAug 13157 µg/m³Nov 1714 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May61Unhealthy
Jun136Unhealthy
Jul117Unhealthy
Aug166Very unhealthy
Sep36Poor
Oct17Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kikwit?

Kikwit sits at 5.0°S, 18.8°E, 466 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Bulungu, 60 km away.

MangaiDibaya-LubweDunguIleboBandundu Province

Topography around Kikwit

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kikwit has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 163 m around an average of 426 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 307 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 500 m.

The land around Kikwit is covered by trees (38%) and artificial surfaces (37%) within 3 km, shrubs (38%), grassland (34%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (47%), trees (29%) and shrubs (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
163 m
16 km
307 m
80 km
500 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Bulungu 60 km · Idiofa 86 km · Masi-Manimba 107 km · Mangai 138 km · Dibaya-Lubwe 152 km · Dungu 158 km · Ilebo 211 km · Bandundu Province 249 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 Kikwit (-5.041°, 18.8162°, elevation 466 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).