Climate averages 1991–2020
Bangui weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Bangui: daytime highs average 34.6°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bégoua (11 km away). In January its highs average 34.6°C, about as warm as Bangui, with 11 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Bangui ranks joint 3rd of 7 for the warmest January highs and joint 4th of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 34.3°C; Bangui is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 35.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 25 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
Bangui climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 34.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 11 | 2.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 35.0°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 25 | 4.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 33.2°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 88 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.9°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 111 | 15.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 31.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 104 | 16.8 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 86 | 15.6 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 109 | 19.5 | 12.312 h |
| August | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 157 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 158 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 189 | 25.1 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 103 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 32.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 16 | 3.4 | 11.912 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
- Bégoua in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 11 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Bimbo in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 19 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Gemena in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 183 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Gbadolite in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Bambari in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 282 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Carnot in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 304 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.7°C · 8.2 mm rain
- Berbérati in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 307 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 13 mm rain
- Binga in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 309 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 41 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 Bangui) is explained once on the Bangui year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Bimbo lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.