Zongo weather in July

In July, Zongo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 109 mm of rain across 19.5 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 5th-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 11% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of July to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Zongo's 9th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zongo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 109 mm; 19.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:44 AM – 5:58 PM
Cloud cover: 72%; 9th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 4.97 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.0; out of 10

Zongo is city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Density: 98/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1971

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

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical July day in Zongo 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, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

How July really feels in Zongo

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in July is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Zongo weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 21°	11	2.1	11.8	3.8
Feb	34° / 22°	25	4.8	11.9	3.0
Mar	33° / 24°	88	13.1	12	3.0
Apr	32° / 24°	111	15.6	12.1	3.2
May	32° / 23°	104	16.8	12.2	3.5
Jun	31° / 23°	86	15.7	12.2	4.0
Jul	30° / 22°	109	19.5	12.2	4.0
Aug	29° / 22°	157	23.6	12.1	3.6
Sep	30° / 22°	158	23.5	12	3.4
Oct	30° / 22°	189	25.2	11.9	3.3
Nov	31° / 22°	103	15.7	11.8	3.9
Dec	32° / 21°	16	3.4	11.8	4.5

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 11% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 70%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	37	37	37	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	33	33	31	31	31	31	29	29	29	28	27	26	26	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	21
Cloudier (%)	63	63	63	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	67	67	69	69	69	69	71	71	71	72	73	74	74	76	76	77	77	78	78	79	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	27	73
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Zongo gets around 109 mm of rain over 19.5 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 63% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	57	58	58	59	60	61	62	63	64	65	66	67	68	68	69	69	70	70	70	70	70	70

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	57
3	57
4	57
5	57
6	57
7	57
8	57
9	57
10	57
11	58
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	61
16	62
17	63
18	64
19	65
20	66
21	67
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	70

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Oppressive (%)	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	3	97
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of July to 12 h 12 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 5:41 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 5:56 PM to 5:58 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:41	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46
Sunset (PM)	5:56	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:41	5:56
2	12.2	5:42	5:57
3	12.2	5:42	5:57
4	12.2	5:42	5:57
5	12.2	5:42	5:57
6	12.2	5:43	5:57
7	12.2	5:43	5:57
8	12.2	5:43	5:57
9	12.2	5:43	5:58
10	12.2	5:43	5:58
11	12.2	5:44	5:58
12	12.2	5:44	5:58
13	12.2	5:44	5:58
14	12.2	5:44	5:58
15	12.2	5:44	5:58
16	12.2	5:44	5:58
17	12.2	5:45	5:58
18	12.2	5:45	5:58
19	12.2	5:45	5:58
20	12.2	5:45	5:58
21	12.2	5:45	5:58
22	12.2	5:45	5:58
23	12.2	5:45	5:58
24	12.2	5:45	5:58
25	12.2	5:45	5:58
26	12.2	5:46	5:58
27	12.2	5:46	5:58
28	12.2	5:46	5:58
29	12.2	5:46	5:58
30	12.2	5:46	5:58
31	12.2	5:46	5:58

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.89 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in January across the year — July's 4.97 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
9	5.0	Bright
10	5.0	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Zongo

In seasonPeak

In July, Zongo sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Zongo's rainy season runs March–November, 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 Zongo?

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

4.0

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

5.3

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Zongo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Zongo in July

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

In July, Zongo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Zongo in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zongo peaks around March 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	12	13	13	11	10	10	13	11	13	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Zongo 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 Zongo is worst in January — around 142 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 10.1× the cleanest month (September, 14 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	142	97	44	26	19	20	19	16	14	18	38	123
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	142	Unhealthy
Feb	97	Unhealthy
Mar	44	Poor
Apr	26	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	38	Poor
Dec	123	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Zongo?

Zongo sits at 4.3°N, 18.6°E, 356 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Bangui, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Zongo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zongo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 m around an average of 386 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 368 m.

The land around Zongo is covered by grassland (46%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

276 m

grassland 46%

16 km

330 m

trees 43%

80 km

368 m

trees 60%

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← June Zongo year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Bangui 5.0 km · Bégoua 14 km · Bimbo 22 km · Bobangui 62 km · Boali 73 km · Libenge 77 km · Mbaïki 85 km · Mindouli 138 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 Zongo (4.3428°, 18.5945°, elevation 356 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	27	73
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	57
3	57
4	57
5	57
6	57
7	57
8	57
9	57
10	57
11	58
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	61
16	62
17	63
18	64
19	65
20	66
21	67
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	3	97
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	27	73
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	57
3	57
4	57
5	57
6	57
7	57
8	57
9	57
10	57
11	58
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	61
16	62
17	63
18	64
19	65
20	66
21	67
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	3	97
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	22
6	30	22
7	30	22
8	30	22
9	30	22
10	30	22
11	30	22
12	30	22
13	30	22
14	30	22
15	30	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	37	63
2	37	63
3	37	63
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	33	67
12	33	67
13	31	69
14	31	69
15	31	69
16	31	69
17	29	71
18	29	71
19	29	71
20	28	72
21	27	73
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	24	76
25	24	76
26	23	77
27	23	77
28	22	78
29	22	78
30	21	79
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	57
2	57
3	57
4	57
5	57
6	57
7	57
8	57
9	57
10	57
11	58
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	61
16	62
17	63
18	64
19	65
20	66
21	67
22	68
23	68
24	69
25	69
26	70
27	70
28	70
29	70
30	70
31	70

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	6	94
6	6	94
7	6	94
8	6	94
9	6	94
10	6	94
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	3	97
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	2	98