Climate averages 1991–2020
Cabinda weather
in January.
A hot, very wet month: the 4th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Cabinda: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo (45 km away). In January its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Cabinda, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Cabinda ranks 21st of 47 for the warmest January highs and joint 36th of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Cabinda is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 190 mm to 172 mm.
The annual picture
January in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Cabinda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.1°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 190 | 23.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.7°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 172 | 21.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.0°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 169 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 187 | 23.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 70 | 12.7 | 11.912 h |
| June | 25.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 3.3 | 0.7 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 1.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 24.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 3.1 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| September | 25.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 9.0 | 1.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 56 | 12.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 178 | 23.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 198 | 24.7 | 12.412 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
January in nearby cities
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 45 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Soyo in JanuaryAngola · 67 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 95 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Boma in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 100 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Matadi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 144 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Dolisie in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 160 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 219 mm rain
- Nkayi in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 195 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 135 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in JanuaryAngola · 239 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 154 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Cabinda) is explained once on the Cabinda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.