Climate averages 1991–2020

Carnot 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.

Average high 34.8°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 20.7°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 8.2 mm 2 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a very hot month in Carnot: daytime highs average 34.8°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 8.2 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 52 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbérati (76 km away). In January its highs average 33.1°C, 1.7°C cooler than Carnot, with 13 mm of rain.

Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Carnot ranks 2nd of 7 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 7 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 7 cities is 34.3°C; Carnot is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 34.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.2 mm to 26 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

Carnot climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Carnot, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	34.8°C20.7°C	20.7°C	8.2	1.8	11.912 h
February	34.9°C21.5°C	21.5°C	26	4.8	12.012 h
March	32.5°C22.3°C	22.3°C	105	15.5	12.112 h
April	30.5°C22.1°C	22.1°C	176	21.2	12.212 h
May	29.6°C21.7°C	21.7°C	162	22.5	12.312 h
June	28.5°C21.0°C	21.0°C	131	21.8	12.412 h
July	27.7°C20.4°C	20.4°C	140	23.7	12.412 h
August	27.8°C20.4°C	20.4°C	174	25.5	12.312 h
September	28.0°C20.4°C	20.4°C	232	26.4	12.112 h
October	28.5°C20.5°C	20.5°C	287	28.3	12.012 h
November	30.3°C20.9°C	20.9°C	108	14.9	11.912 h
December	33.2°C20.6°C	20.6°C	15	2.8	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 Carnot

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 Carnot) is explained once on the Carnot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.