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Satellite view of Banana; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

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Banana

Democratic Republic of the CongoBas-Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Atlantic Ocean

-6.0192, 12.4040 · Moanda, 11 km

  • 28°Sea · March
  • 30°High · March
  • 5.8 hSunshine · March
The dot marks Banana. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Banana in October

  • 30°CAir, daytime high23°C at night
  • 26°CSea temperature
  • 2.5 hSunshine a day
  • 15 daysRainy days in the month76 mm in total
  • 13 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 0Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Banana ↗
  • 14 kmAirport: Soyo Airport (SZA)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 25.7 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 25.5 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +1.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 29.8 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaFebruary and March28 °C
Most sunshineMarch and April6 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August0 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°5 h111 mm
  2. Feb28°5 h115 mm
  3. Mar28°6 h138 mm
  4. Apr28°6 h127 mm
  5. May26°4 h78 mm
  6. Jun24°4 h3 mm
  7. Jul22°4 h0 mm
  8. Aug22°3 h3 mm
  9. Sep24°2 h12 mm
  10. Oct26°2 h76 mm
  11. Nov26°4 h131 mm
  12. Dec26°4 h114 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
22°25°28°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27°Feb: 28°Mar: 28°Apr: 28°May: 26°Jun: 24°Jul: 22°Aug: 22°Sep: 24°Oct: 26°Nov: 26°Dec: 26°28°22°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 24°)Feb: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Mar: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 25°)Apr: 27 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)May: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 23°)Jun: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 20°)Jul: 23 °C (High 27° / Low 19°)Aug: 23 °C (High 27° / Low 19°)Sep: 25 °C (High 29° / Low 21°)Oct: 26 °C (High 30° / Low 23°)Nov: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Dec: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)27°23°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm50 mm100 mm150 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 111 mmFeb: 115 mmMar: 138 mm138Apr: 127 mmMay: 78 mmJun: 3 mmJul: 0 mm0Aug: 3 mmSep: 12 mmOct: 76 mmNov: 131 mmDec: 114 mm

Sunshine

0 h2 h4 h6 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 5.0 hFeb: 5.0 hMar: 5.8 h5.8Apr: 5.5 hMay: 4.5 hJun: 4.0 hJul: 3.6 hAug: 2.8 hSep: 2.2 h2.2Oct: 2.5 hNov: 4.5 hDec: 4.3 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Banana: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Banana: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January302427111215.09
February302528115205.010
Marchwarmest sea302528138245.810
April292428127235.59
May29232678144.510
June282024304.010
July271922003.611
August271922302.812
September2921241232.213
October30232676152.513
November292426131254.511
December292426114214.310

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Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER11 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.111 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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