Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulungu weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Bulungu: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 22.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 142 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (60 km away). In January its highs average 29.9°C, 0.7°C cooler than Bulungu, with 116 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulungu ranks 13th of 60 for the warmest January highs and 33rd of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Bulungu is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 31.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 142 mm to 137 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
Bulungu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 142 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 137 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 31.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 164 | 23.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 85 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| July | 33.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 9.0 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 46 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 116 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 192 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 195 | 25.4 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 169 | 24.8 | 12.412 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
- Kikwit in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Idiofa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 131 mm rain
- Ilebo in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Tshikapa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 320 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Mweka in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 329 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Masina in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 357 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Kinshasa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 366 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 116 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 Bulungu) is explained once on the Bulungu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.