Climate averages 1991–2020
Babamba weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Babamba: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (201 km away). In January its highs average 23.8°C, 5.5°C cooler than Babamba, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Babamba ranks joint 25th of 60 for the warmest January highs and 14th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Babamba is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 92 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
Babamba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 76 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| February | 30.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 92 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 153 | 21.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 182 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 177 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 143 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 144 | 22.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 192 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 209 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 235 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 207 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 19.7 | 12.112 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
- Butembo in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 201 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Hyosha in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Kisangani in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Rutshuru in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Isiro in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 288 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Musanze in JanuaryRwanda · 304 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 186 mm rain
- Rutoma in JanuaryUganda · 333 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Bukavu in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 16.1°C · 302 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 Babamba) is explained once on the Babamba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.