Mulongo weather in July

In July, Mulongo sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-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 70% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of July to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Mulongo's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mulongo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
19°
1st coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0 wet days
Daylight
11 h 36 min
6:30 AM – 6:05 PM
Cloud cover
27%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.81 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Mulongo is town in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Density
1,295/km²
people per km²

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 Mulongo reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and about 1°C cooler than August.

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How July really feels in Mulongo

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.

Mulongo weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 21°2282412.43.9
Feb29° / 22°17018.812.33.9
Mar29° / 22°17921.112.13.8
Apr30° / 22°1091511.84.2
May33° / 21°132.911.64.4
Jun33° / 20°00.111.64.3
Jul33° / 19°0011.64.3
Aug34° / 21°40.711.73.6
Sep34° / 22°286.1123.4
Oct31° / 22°11918.512.23.6
Nov29° / 21°20023.412.43.6
Dec28° / 21°23126.412.43.7

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 70% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 16%.

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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Mulongo gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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

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Most of July feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the dry band about 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
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Wind in July

Winds average 8 km/h in July, the windiest month of the year.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in July

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Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of July to 11 h 36 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 6:29 AM to 6:29 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 5.81 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in August across the year — July's 5.81 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Mulongo

In seasonPeak

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

Mulongo's monsoon runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
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Apr
May
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Is July a good time to visit Mulongo?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mulongo in July

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

In July, Mulongo sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mulongo in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mulongo peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 16 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highVery highExtremeMar 14UV 15Aug 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7High
Sep9Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Mulongo 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 Mulongo is worst in July — around 176 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 17.5× the cleanest month (April, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyModerateJul 20171 µg/m³Apr 1010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr10Good
May25Moderate
Jun100Unhealthy
Jul176Very unhealthy
Aug148Unhealthy
Sep49Poor
Oct26Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mulongo?

Mulongo sits at 7.8°S, 27.0°E, 597 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Malemba-Nkulu, 32 km away.

BukamaKabaloPwetoNyunzuKamina

Topography around Mulongo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mulongo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m around an average of 584 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,168 m.

The land around Mulongo is covered by water (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (28%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
152 m
16 km
406 m
80 km
1,168 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
July weather nearby: Malemba-Nkulu 32 km · Manono 74 km · Kipamba 76 km · Bukama 198 km · Kabalo 198 km · Pweto 221 km · Nyunzu 237 km · Kamina 242 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 Mulongo (-7.8349°, 26.9985°, elevation 597 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).