Climate averages 1991–2020

Bouar weather
in January.

A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 32.6°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 19.6°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 2.1 mm fewer than one day with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Bouar: daytime highs average 32.6°C and nights cool to about 19.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 2.1 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 49 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Carnot (115 km away). In January its highs average 34.8°C, 2.2°C warmer than Bouar, with 8.2 mm of rain.

Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Bouar ranks 7th of 7 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 34.3°C; Bouar is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.1 mm to 9.2 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Bouar climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bouar, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	32.6°C19.6°C	19.6°C	2.1	0.4	11.812 h
February	33.5°C20.7°C	20.7°C	9.2	1.7	11.912 h
March	31.6°C21.1°C	21.1°C	67	11.3	12.112 h
April	29.0°C20.5°C	20.5°C	183	22.2	12.212 h
May	27.7°C19.8°C	19.8°C	200	24.5	12.412 h
June	26.5°C19.0°C	19.0°C	174	24.2	12.512 h
July	25.6°C18.4°C	18.4°C	185	25.4	12.412 h
August	25.6°C18.4°C	18.4°C	246	27.4	12.312 h
September	26.1°C18.3°C	18.3°C	275	27.6	12.212 h
October	26.9°C18.6°C	18.6°C	214	25.0	12.012 h
November	29.1°C18.9°C	18.9°C	40	7.2	11.912 h
December	31.5°C19.1°C	19.1°C	2.6	0.4	11.812 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

Distance from Bouar

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Bouar) is explained once on the Bouar year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.