Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakwa weather
in January.
A hot, fairly 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 hot month in Bakwa: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 17 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiro (152 km away). In January its highs average 31.1°C, 2.3°C cooler than Bakwa, with 37 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakwa ranks 2nd of 60 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Bakwa is 4.7°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 34.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 17 mm to 30 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
Bakwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 33.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 34.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 30 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 99 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 180 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 155 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 132 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 135 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 166 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 175 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 223 | 27.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 118 | 17.7 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 22 | 4.3 | 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
- Isiro in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 152 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Buta in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Yei in JanuarySouth Sudan · 364 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 21.6°C · 9.5 mm rain
- Wau in JanuarySouth Sudan · 403 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 0.4 mm rain
- Arua in JanuaryUganda · 409 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Bunia in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 427 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Babamba in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 439 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Hyosha in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 448 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 35 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 Bakwa) is explained once on the Bakwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.