Moanda weather in July

In July, Moanda sees average daytime highs of 22°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 22°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% 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 42 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Moanda's 2nd-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Moanda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
22°
11th warmest
Overnight low
21°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:26 AM – 6:07 PM
Cloud cover
51%
2nd clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
4.4 kWh/m²
Travel score
8.3
out of 10

Moanda is city.

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 22°C through the month.

A typical July day in Moanda reaches about 22°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 21°C and 23°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 2°C cooler than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Moanda

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Moanda weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 26°8714.412.35.6
Feb28° / 26°9314.412.25.3
Mar28° / 26°9414.7125.4
Apr27° / 26°10114.611.95.5
May26° / 25°285.211.77.4
Jun24° / 23°10.211.78.7
Jul22° / 21°10.111.78.3
Aug22° / 21°20.211.88.0
Sep23° / 23°41.2128.1
Oct25° / 24°277.412.17.1
Nov26° / 25°7813.712.35.9
Dec26° / 25°8113.312.35.9

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 38% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 36%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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26733
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Moanda gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.1 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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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 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 91% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
158015
258114
358213
468212
568212
668311
768410
868410
96859
107849
117858
127867
137876
148866
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2613870
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2812880
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3011890
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Wind in July

Winds average 13 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 13 km/h on the calmest days to 14 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
114light breeze
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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 42 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:24 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:04 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:246:04
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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 4.4 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.37 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 4.4 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Moanda

In seasonPeak

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

Moanda's rainy season runs November–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 Moanda?

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

8.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.8
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Moanda for general sightseeing.

What to pack for Moanda in July

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

In July, Moanda sees daytime highs around 22°C and nights near 21°C. Worth packing: light clothes.

light clothes

Sea temperature near Moanda in July

The nearest coast averages about 22°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in March at about 28°C and coldest in August near 22°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

20°22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar28Tropical
Apr28Warm
May26Warm
Jun24Refreshing
Jul22Refreshing
Aug22Refreshing
Sep24Refreshing
Oct26Warm
Nov27Warm
Dec26Warm

UV index in Moanda in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Moanda peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 10 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeMar 15UV 15Aug 10UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep10Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Moanda 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 Moanda is worst in July — around 22 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.9× the cleanest month (November, 8 µg/m³).

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

0102030JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodJul 1521 µg/m³Nov 128 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan10Good
Feb11Good
Mar9Good
Apr10Good
May15Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct8Good
Nov8Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Moanda?

Moanda sits at 5.9°S, 12.4°E, 30 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Soyo, 23 km away.

MatadiTshelaBuco ZauPointe-NoireLoandjili

Topography around Moanda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Moanda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 42 m around an average of 23 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 151 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 342 m.

The land around Moanda is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, water (40%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and water (36%), trees (34%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
42 m
16 km
151 m
80 km
342 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
July weather nearby: Soyo 23 km · Cabinda 45 km · Boma 76 km · Matadi 121 km · Tshela 122 km · Buco Zau 131 km · Pointe-Noire 140 km · Loandjili 142 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 Moanda (-5.9275°, 12.3715°, elevation 30 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).