6 Weather

 Kinshasa, the sprawling, pulsating heart of the Democratic Republic of Congo, rarely offers a cool retreat. Perched on the southern bank of the mighty Congo River, a city where the equatorial sun beats down with relentless intensity for much of the year, its climate is a constant, physical presence. And on this Thursday, May 15th, 2025, as the late afternoon sun began its fiery dip below the horizon, the weather was not just a topic of conversation; it was the very air that millions breathed, heavy, warm, and thick with the promise and threat of tropical moisture. The mercury might have peaked earlier in the day around 32 degrees Celsius, a number that to an outsider might sound merely "warm." But in Kinshasa, the story the temperature told was vastly different once the humidity joined the narrative. The forecast didn't just give a high of 32°C and a low of 24°C for the night; it highlighted the "feels like" temperature, a truer reflection of the physical sensa...