Nyunzu weather in July

In July, Nyunzu sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 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 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in July, and the air most often feels dry.

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 Nyunzu's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nyunzu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:23 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
41%
1st clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.45 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Nyunzu is locality in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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 Nyunzu reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°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 on par with August.

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How July really feels in Nyunzu

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.

Nyunzu 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
Jan28° / 20°18423.212.33.8
Feb29° / 21°15319.512.23.7
Mar30° / 21°17723123.5
Apr30° / 21°12617.711.93.8
May32° / 21°316.811.74.3
Jun33° / 20°30.611.74.4
Jul33° / 20°10.311.74.3
Aug33° / 21°13311.84.0
Sep32° / 21°5811.2123.8
Oct30° / 21°16622.612.13.5
Nov28° / 20°23726.612.33.5
Dec28° / 20°21627.112.33.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 52% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 27%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
17228
27228
37327
47426
57426
67525
77525
87525
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307030
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Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Nyunzu gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 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 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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 82% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1742141
2752041
3761941
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5791731
6811531
7831430
8841330
9861220
10871120
11871120
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1388930
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21831061
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23811171
24801271
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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 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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318calm

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 6:22 AM to 6:22 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:226:01
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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 5.45 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 5.53 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 5.45 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Nyunzu

In seasonPeak

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

Nyunzu'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 July a good time to visit Nyunzu?

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
7.7
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Nyunzu in July

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

In July, Nyunzu sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

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

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 16UV 15Aug 14UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Nyunzu 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 Nyunzu is worst in July — around 100 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 10.9× the cleanest month (April, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodJul 1997 µg/m³Apr 109 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar10Good
Apr9Good
May27Moderate
Jun70Unhealthy
Jul100Unhealthy
Aug86Unhealthy
Sep40Poor
Oct18Moderate
Nov12Good
Dec10Good
Location & terrain

Where is Nyunzu?

Nyunzu sits at 6.0°S, 28.0°E, 734 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kalima, 57 km away.

KabaloKongoloKalemieManonoKigomaMwandigaKasongo

Topography around Nyunzu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nyunzu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 87 m around an average of 724 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 853 m.

The land around Nyunzu is covered by grassland (59%) and shrubs (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (40%), grassland (36%) and trees (23%) within 16 km, and trees (53%), grassland (27%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
87 m
16 km
250 m
80 km
853 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswetland
July weather nearby: Kalima 57 km · Kabalo 122 km · Kongolo 129 km · Kalemie 130 km · Manono 164 km · Kigoma 215 km · Mwandiga 221 km · Kasongo 226 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 Nyunzu (-5.9561°, 28.0165°, elevation 734 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).