Kikwit enjoys 264 sunny days a year. Summers are intensely hot — air conditioning is essential. On the other hand, air quality is a concern.
Kikwit, Democratic Republic of the Congo is a 489K-resident city with 264 sunny days and 0 frost days annually and an annual PM2.5 of 40.8 µg/m³. A city in Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Monthly climate metrics across temperature, precipitation, wind, and UV.
| Metric | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temperature | |||||||||||||
| Daily high°C | 32 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 34 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 31 | 33 |
| Daily mean°C | 27 | 28 | 28 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 27 | 28 |
| Daily low°C | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 23 | 23 |
| Thermal comfort | |||||||||||||
| High feelsDaily high feels-like°C | 38 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 38 | 38 | 38 | 37 | 37 | 38 |
| Mean feelsDaily mean feels-like°C | 32 | 33 | 33 | 32 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 31 | 32 | 33 |
| Low feelsDaily low feels-like°C | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 24 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 24 |
| Humidity | |||||||||||||
| HumidityRelative humidity% | 72 | 69 | 70 | 80 | 65 | 48 | 47 | 51 | 67 | 71 | 82 | 79 | 67 |
| Dewpoint°C | 21.4 | 21.6 | 21.8 | 22.1 | 20.9 | 17.0 | 16.9 | 18.8 | 20.6 | 21.5 | 22.0 | 21.9 | 20.5 |
| Precipitation | |||||||||||||
| Rainfallmm | 86 | 71 | 116 | 158 | 46 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 60 | 104 | 199 | 130 | 995 |
| Rain days≥1mm | 15 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 151 |
| Wind | |||||||||||||
| Wind avgm/s | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.2 |
| Wind gustsm/s | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.0 | 2.4 |
| Sun & UV | |||||||||||||
| Sunshinehrs/day | 9.0 | 9.5 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 9.9 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 9.2 | 9.4 |
| Clear skyindex | 30% | 35% | 36% | 36% | 47% | 56% | 62% | 58% | 46% | 45% | 32% | 31% | 43% |
| UV indexmax avg | 8.8 | 9.5 | 9.8 | 9.1 | 7.5 | 6.4 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 8.3 | 9.4 | 9.3 | 9.3 | 8.2 |
Outdoor living in Kikwit is seasonal. Dinner outside is comfortable 12/12 months — impressive, while lunch outside is tough year-round.
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Air Quality
Kikwit reports an annual PM2.5 of 40.8 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
Kikwit reports an annual PM2.5 of 40.8 µg/m³. That's above the EU annual limit of 25 µg/m³ — long-term exposure here carries documented health trade-offs.
PM2.5 annual average of 40.8 µg/m³ exceeds the WHO interim target of 15 µg/m³. The WHO guideline value is 5 µg/m³.
Data sources: WHO (air quality), OECD (safety).
Why not Kikwit? Honestly, air quality is a genuine health trade-off — Kikwit's annual PM2.5 of 40.8 µg/m³ exceeds the EU limit and WHO standards by a wide margin, with respiratory impacts documented at these levels.
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