Nioki weather in October

In October, Nioki sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 189 mm of rain across 25.5 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in October, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Nioki's 6th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nioki's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
11th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
189 mm
25.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:32 AM – 5:36 PM
Cloud cover
79%
6th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Nioki is is a locality in the Territory of Kutu in the province of Mai-Ndombe in Congo-Kinshasa..

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical October day in Nioki reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs on par with September and on par with November.

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How October really feels in Nioki

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

Nioki weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 23°12919.512.13.6
Feb31° / 23°1351812.13.4
Mar31° / 23°15221.5123.2
Apr31° / 23°15322.411.93.1
May30° / 23°10217.411.93.9
Jun30° / 23°307.311.85.2
Jul30° / 23°225.211.95.3
Aug30° / 23°6013.511.94.3
Sep30° / 23°11420.7123.5
Oct30° / 22°18925.512.13.2
Nov30° / 23°17723.912.13.3
Dec30° / 23°17123.412.23.4

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22476
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Nioki gets around 189 mm of rain over 25.5 wet days in October, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 82% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
176
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579
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Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the oppressive band about 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 4 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 October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:38 AM to 5:30 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.05:385:39
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312.05:375:38
412.05:365:38
512.05:365:38
612.05:365:38
712.05:355:38
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.09 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.44 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 5.09 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Is October a good time to visit Nioki?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nioki.

What to pack for Nioki in October

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

In October, Nioki sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nioki in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October 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 Nioki peaks around March 17 at about 13 (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 13Aug 11UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep10Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Nioki in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where October falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Nioki is worst in August — around 87 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.8× the cleanest month (November, 13 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyModerateAug 1383 µg/m³Nov 1313 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb29Moderate
Mar25Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun46Poor
Jul67Unhealthy
Aug87Unhealthy
Sep40Poor
Oct15Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Nioki?

Nioki sits at 2.7°S, 17.7°E, 326 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kutu, 51 km away.

DunguBoloboMossakaGamboma

Topography around Nioki

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nioki has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 59 m around an average of 300 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 192 m.

The land around Nioki is covered by trees (31%) and wetland (23%) within 3 km, trees (39%) and grassland (29%) within 16 km, and trees (53%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
59 m
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80 km
192 m
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October weather nearby: Kutu 51 km · Bandundu Province 75 km · Mushie 91 km · Inongo 110 km · Dungu 163 km · Bolobo 174 km · Mossaka 194 km · Gamboma 223 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 Nioki (-2.7204°, 17.69°, elevation 326 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).