Gamboma weather in October

In October, Gamboma sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 195 mm of rain across 27.2 wet days and about 12 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 Gamboma's 7th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gamboma's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 195 mm; 27.2 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:40 AM – 5:43 PM
Cloud cover: 78%; 7th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 8th windiest
Solar energy: 5.07 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.1; out of 10

Gamboma is city in Nkéni-Alima, Republic of the Congo.

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

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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 Gamboma reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°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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Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How October really feels in Gamboma

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Gamboma 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 21°	119	20.2	12.1	3.4
Feb	31° / 22°	131	19.3	12.1	3.1
Mar	32° / 22°	129	21.5	12	3.0
Apr	31° / 22°	149	23.1	12	2.9
May	31° / 22°	102	19.5	11.9	3.5
Jun	30° / 21°	39	9.7	11.9	5.0
Jul	30° / 21°	29	7	11.9	5.5
Aug	30° / 21°	64	15	11.9	4.5
Sep	30° / 21°	113	22.3	12	3.5
Oct	30° / 21°	195	27.2	12	3.1
Nov	30° / 21°	172	24.6	12.1	3.2
Dec	30° / 21°	144	23.7	12.1	3.4

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 15% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

	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 (%)	26	26	26	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	21	21	20	19	19	19	19	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17
Cloudier (%)	74	74	74	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	81	81	81	81	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	83	83	83	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	20	80
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	18	82
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Gamboma gets around 195 mm of rain over 27.2 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 88% and peaks near 89% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	88

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	84
3	84
4	85
5	85
6	86
7	86
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	88
13	88
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15	89
16	89
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20	89
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25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	88

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 87% 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 (%)	20	19	18	18	17	16	16	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	10	10	9	9	9	8
Oppressive (%)	80	81	82	82	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	90	90	91	91	91	92

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	17	83
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	8	92

Wind in October

Winds average 5 km/h in October.

Across October, 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.

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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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Sunrise & sunset in October

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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 5:45 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 5:42 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38
Sunset (PM)	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:42

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	5:45	5:46
2	12.0	5:45	5:46
3	12.0	5:44	5:45
4	12.0	5:44	5:45
5	12.0	5:44	5:45
6	12.0	5:43	5:45
7	12.0	5:43	5:45
8	12.0	5:43	5:44
9	12.0	5:42	5:44
10	12.0	5:42	5:44
11	12.0	5:42	5:44
12	12.0	5:41	5:43
13	12.0	5:41	5:43
14	12.0	5:41	5:43
15	12.0	5:41	5:43
16	12.0	5:40	5:43
17	12.0	5:40	5:43
18	12.0	5:40	5:43
19	12.0	5:40	5:42
20	12.0	5:39	5:42
21	12.1	5:39	5:42
22	12.1	5:39	5:42
23	12.1	5:39	5:42
24	12.1	5:39	5:42
25	12.1	5:39	5:42
26	12.1	5:39	5:42
27	12.1	5:38	5:42
28	12.1	5:38	5:42
29	12.1	5:38	5:42
30	12.1	5:38	5:42
31	12.1	5:38	5:42

Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 5.07 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.62 kWh/m² in February across the year — October's 5.07 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	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
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.1	Bright
2	5.1	Bright
3	5.1	Bright
4	5.1	Bright
5	5.1	Bright
6	5.1	Bright
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30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in October

Is October a good time to visit Gamboma?

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

3.1

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

October is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gamboma.

What to pack for Gamboma in October

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

In October, Gamboma sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gamboma in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gamboma peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 22 at about 7 (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)	13	13	14	13	10	7	8	8	11	13	11	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	13	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	7	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Gamboma 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 Gamboma is worst in July — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (October, 12 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)	23	29	27	22	30	48	57	52	23	12	13	19
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	29	Moderate
Mar	27	Moderate
Apr	22	Moderate
May	30	Moderate
Jun	48	Poor
Jul	57	Unhealthy
Aug	52	Poor
Sep	23	Moderate
Oct	12	Good
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	19	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Gamboma?

Gamboma sits at 1.9°S, 15.9°E, 356 m above sea level, in Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Bolobo, 52 km away.

Topography around Gamboma

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gamboma has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 144 m around an average of 349 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 199 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 422 m.

The land around Gamboma is covered by trees (46%) and grassland (45%) within 3 km, grassland (67%) and trees (31%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and trees (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

144 m

trees 46%

16 km

199 m

grassland 67%

80 km

422 m

grassland 58%

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← September Gamboma year-round climate November →Best places to visit in October

October weather nearby: Bolobo 52 km · Oyo 80 km · Mossaka 127 km · Djambala 144 km · Owando 155 km · Mushie 173 km · Makoua 211 km · Nioki 223 km

Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 35% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $2,515; 2025
Happiness: 4.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 46%; of population, 2021
Road deaths: 29.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
Religion

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 Gamboma (-1.8764°, 15.8644°, 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	21
2	30	21
3	30	21
4	30	21
5	30	21
6	30	21
7	30	21
8	30	21
9	30	21
10	30	21
11	30	21
12	30	21
13	30	21
14	30	21
15	30	21
16	30	21
17	30	21
18	30	21
19	30	21
20	30	21
21	30	21
22	30	21
23	30	21
24	30	21
25	30	21
26	30	21
27	30	21
28	30	21
29	30	21
30	30	21
31	30	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	20	80
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	18	82
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	84
3	84
4	85
5	85
6	86
7	86
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	17	83
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	8	92

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	20	80
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	18	82
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	84
3	84
4	85
5	85
6	86
7	86
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	17	83
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	8	92

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	26	74
2	26	74
3	26	74
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	24	76
7	24	76
8	24	76
9	23	77
10	23	77
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	21	79
14	21	79
15	20	80
16	19	81
17	19	81
18	19	81
19	19	81
20	17	83
21	17	83
22	17	83
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	18	82
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	83
2	84
3	84
4	85
5	85
6	86
7	86
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	88
13	88
14	88
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	89
21	89
22	89
23	89
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	88

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	20	80
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	17	83
6	16	84
7	16	84
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	13	87
16	13	87
17	13	87
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	12	88
22	12	88
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	11	89
26	10	90
27	10	90
28	9	91
29	9	91
30	9	91
31	8	92