Climate averages 1991–2020
Soyo weather
in January.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Soyo: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 25.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo (23 km away). In January its highs average 28.3°C, 0.7°C warmer than Soyo, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Soyo ranks 27th of 47 for the warmest January highs and 20th of 47 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 47 cities is 27.8°C; Soyo is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 94 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
Soyo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.6°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 87 | 13.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.2°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 94 | 13.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.6°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 94 | 14.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 100 | 14.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 25 | 4.3 | 11.812 h |
| June | 24.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| July | 23.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| August | 23.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 24.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 2.1 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.0°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 18 | 4.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.0°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 64 | 11.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 79 | 12.4 | 12.512 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 · 23 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Cabinda in JanuaryAngola · 67 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 190 mm rain
- Boma in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 82 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Matadi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 125 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 161 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in JanuaryAngola · 207 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Dolisie in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 219 mm rain
- Kimpese in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 237 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 141 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 Soyo) is explained once on the Soyo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.