Climate averages 1991–2020
Baudhuinville weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Baudhuinville: daytime highs average 25.6°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 183 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalemie (140 km away). In January its highs average 26.8°C, 1.3°C warmer than Baudhuinville, with 108 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Baudhuinville ranks 53rd of 60 for the warmest January highs and joint 44th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Baudhuinville is 3.2°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 26.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 183 mm to 140 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
Baudhuinville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 25.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 183 | 26.7 | 12.512 h |
| February | 26.1°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 140 | 23.1 | 12.312 h |
| March | 25.8°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 208 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 25.5°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 175 | 21.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 26.0°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 45 | 7.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 26.3°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 3.4 | 0.9 | 11.712 h |
| July | 26.3°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 27.5°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 3.4 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.9°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 12 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 73 | 14.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 26.2°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 175 | 23.6 | 12.412 h |
| December | 25.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 216 | 28.0 | 12.513 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
- Kalemie in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 140 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 108 mm rain
- Mpanda in JanuaryTanzania · 169 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.2°C · 176 mm rain
- Sumbawanga in JanuaryTanzania · 229 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 15.1°C · 304 mm rain
- Kalima in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 245 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.5°C · 198 mm rain
- Kigoma in JanuaryTanzania · 246 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 255 mm rain
- Manono in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 259 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 203 mm rain
- Nchelenge in JanuaryZambia · 275 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Kasulu in JanuaryTanzania · 282 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.2°C · 235 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 Baudhuinville) is explained once on the Baudhuinville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.