Mbanza-Ngungu weather in November

In November, Mbanza-Ngungu sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 222 mm of rain across 25.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-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 Mbanza-Ngungu's 7th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mbanza-Ngungu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
6th warmest
Overnight low
21°
8th coldest
Rainfall
222 mm
25.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:39 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
80%
7th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Mbanza-Ngungu is locality in Kongo - Central in the Democratic Republic of Congo, located along the Matadi-Kinshasa railway line of which it is the main stage.

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 Mbanza-Ngungu reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°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 30°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 Mbanza-Ngungu

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.

Mbanza-Ngungu weather by month

How November compares with the rest of the year at a glance. November is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°1542312.33.8
Feb29° / 21°1141812.23.9
Mar30° / 21°14720.7123.7
Apr30° / 21°2012511.93.2
May28° / 21°9516.411.84.9
Jun27° / 19°40.811.77.8
Jul26° / 18°10.111.78.0
Aug27° / 18°61.411.87.5
Sep28° / 20°185.3126.5
Oct29° / 21°11318.312.14.4
Nov29° / 21°22225.912.23.4
Dec28° / 21°20526.812.33.5

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 10% of November, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21486
31486
41486
51486
61486
71486
81387
91387
101387
111387
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Chance of precipitation in November

Any precipitation

Mbanza-Ngungu gets around 222 mm of rain over 25.9 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 86% and peaks near 88% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
183
284
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2186
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3087

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 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
125147
225048
324949
414950
514851
614752
714653
814554
914554
1014455
1104357
1204258
1304159
1404060
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1603961
1703862
1803763
1903664
2003664
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2403268
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2603169
2703070
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Wind in November

Winds average 5 km/h in November.

Across November, daily wind ranges from about 5 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
16calm
26calm
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115calm
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135calm
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305calm

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 5:38 AM to 5:42 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:58 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:385:50
212.25:385:50
312.25:385:50
412.25:385:50
512.25:385:50
612.25:385:51
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Solar energy in November

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in November, about 4.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.25 kWh/m² to a high of 5.18 kWh/m² in March across the year — November's 4.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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34.7Bright
44.7Bright
54.7Bright
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Planning a trip in November

Hazard calendar for Mbanza-Ngungu

In seasonPeak

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

Mbanza-Ngungu'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 November a good time to visit Mbanza-Ngungu?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
4.2
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

November is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mbanza-Ngungu.

What to pack for Mbanza-Ngungu in November

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

In November, Mbanza-Ngungu sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mbanza-Ngungu 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 Mbanza-Ngungu 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
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May8Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep10Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Mbanza-Ngungu 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 Mbanza-Ngungu is worst in July — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.6× the cleanest month (November, 17 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJul 1660 µg/m³Nov 2117 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan19Moderate
Feb22Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr21Moderate
May35Moderate
Jun55Unhealthy
Jul61Unhealthy
Aug54Poor
Sep51Poor
Oct25Moderate
Nov17Moderate
Dec19Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mbanza-Ngungu?

Mbanza-Ngungu sits at 5.3°S, 14.9°E, 735 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Inkisi, 26 km away.

Brazzaville

Topography around Mbanza-Ngungu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mbanza-Ngungu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m around an average of 684 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 426 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 754 m.

The land around Mbanza-Ngungu is covered by grassland (35%), trees (22%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, grassland (55%) and trees (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (64%) and trees (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
192 m
16 km
426 m
80 km
754 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
November weather nearby: Inkisi 26 km · Kimpese 58 km · Kasangulu 82 km · Maquela do Zombo 93 km · Cuímba 99 km · Masina 114 km · Kinshasa 115 km · Brazzaville 120 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 Mbanza-Ngungu (-5.2584°, 14.8584°, elevation 735 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).