Climate averages 1991–2020
Bandundu Province weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Bandundu Province: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulungu (192 km away). In January its highs average 30.6°C, about as warm as Bandundu Province, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bandundu Province ranks joint 14th of 60 for the warmest January highs and joint 26th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Bandundu Province is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 131 mm to 133 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
Bandundu Province climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 131 | 20.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 133 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 154 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 167 | 22.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 104 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 31.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 23 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 32.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 43 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 99 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 178 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 186 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 176 | 24.8 | 12.312 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
- Bulungu in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 142 mm rain
- Kikwit in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Masina in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Kinshasa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 255 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Brazzaville in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 256 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Idiofa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 306 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Inkisi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 353 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 154 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 Bandundu Province) is explained once on the Bandundu Province year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.