Climate averages 1991–2020

Gandajika weather
in January.

A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.8°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 19.8°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 154 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Gandajika: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 154 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene-Ditu (63 km away). In January its highs average 27.7°C, 1.1°C cooler than Gandajika, with 179 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gandajika ranks joint 30th of 60 for the warmest January highs and joint 38th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Gandajika is level with that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 154 mm to 138 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Gandajika climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Gandajika, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	28.8°C19.8°C	19.8°C	154	22.5	12.512 h
February	29.5°C20.0°C	20.0°C	138	19.4	12.312 h
March	29.5°C20.1°C	20.1°C	168	22.4	12.112 h
April	29.7°C20.0°C	20.0°C	129	18.7	12.012 h
May	31.0°C19.8°C	19.8°C	27	5.1	11.812 h
June	31.8°C18.6°C	18.6°C	2.7	0.6	11.712 h
July	32.3°C18.5°C	18.5°C	0.9	0.2	11.812 h
August	32.1°C19.7°C	19.7°C	20	4.2	11.912 h
September	30.5°C20.1°C	20.1°C	87	15.8	12.112 h
October	29.1°C19.8°C	19.8°C	142	22.5	12.212 h
November	28.7°C19.6°C	19.6°C	177	24.8	12.412 h
December	28.4°C19.6°C	19.6°C	177	24.7	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

Distance from Gandajika

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Gandajika) is explained once on the Gandajika year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.