Sunshine Atlas

Kindu weather by month & the best time to visit

Congo - Kinshasa · regional city · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate

Kindu, Congo - Kinshasa
Kindu — photo by Radio Okapi, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons

The best time to visit Kindu is June — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 85/100), with July and May close behind. Kindu averages about 1,912 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 24 mm of rain in June.

When is the best time to visit Kindu?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Kindu is June, then July and May. The dullest month is March (62/100, 167 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Kindu?

Kindu gets a moderate 1,912 hours of sunshine a year. June (85/100) is noticeably better than March (62). It ranks #18 of 20 destinations in Congo - Kinshasa for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,104 hours. The year's 1,400 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

January: 65February: 65March: 62April: 64May: 78June: 8585July: 85August: 74September: 66October: 62November: 62December: 62JFMAMJJASOND
MonthScoreDay highNight lowRainUV
January65 28° / 82°F21° / 70°F 134 mm8
February65 28° / 82°F21° / 70°F 136 mm10
March62 28° / 82°F21° / 70°F 167 mm10
April64 27° / 81°F21° / 70°F 141 mm10
May78 28° / 82°F21° / 70°F 65 mm9
June85 30° / 86°F20° / 68°F 24 mm7
July85 32° / 90°F20° / 68°F 27 mm6
August74 31° / 88°F20° / 68°F 84 mm6
September66 29° / 84°F21° / 70°F 132 mm8
October62 27° / 81°F21° / 70°F 157 mm9
November62 27° / 81°F21° / 70°F 179 mm9
December62 27° / 81°F21° / 70°F 154 mm8

See Kindu on the map →

Nearest destinations

Kindu: questions and answers

What kind of destination is Kindu?

Kindu is a regional city in Congo - Kinshasa at 496 m elevation with a tropical — wet & dry seasons climate.

How many hours of sunshine does Kindu get a year?

Kindu gets about 1,912 hours of sunshine a year, at its best around June.

When is the best time to visit Kindu?

The sunniest time to visit Kindu is June, when the Sunshine Score peaks at 85/100 (with July and May close behind). Expect daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F.

What is the least sunny month in Kindu?

March is the least sunny month in Kindu, scoring 62/100 with about 167 mm of rain.

How strong is the sun in Kindu?

The typical midday UV index in Kindu peaks around 10 (very high) in February, easing to about 6 (high) in July. Month-by-month midday UV values are in the UV column of the table on this page.

Put the Kindu sunshine badge on your site

A compact badge showing Kindu's sunshine at a glance — free to embed under CC BY 4.0. Paste this wherever you'd like it to appear:

Live preview — this is exactly what your readers see: