Climate averages 1991–2020
Binga 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 Binga: daytime highs average 32.2°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 41 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lisala (116 km away). In January its highs average 31.9°C, about as warm as Binga, with 45 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Binga ranks 6th of 60 for the warmest January highs and joint 8th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Binga is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 32.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 41 mm to 69 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
Binga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 32.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 41 | 8.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 69 | 11.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 134 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 142 | 19.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 116 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 99 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 124 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 161 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 159 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 177 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 142 | 22.3 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 57 | 10.8 | 12.012 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
- Lisala in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 116 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Gemena in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 127 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Gbadolite in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 219 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Bumba in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Bangui in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 309 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Bimbo in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 312 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Bégoua in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 318 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Mbandaka in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 359 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 89 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 Binga) is explained once on the Binga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.