Climate averages 1991–2020
Gbadolite weather
in January.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in Gbadolite: daytime highs average 34.4°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 15 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bambari (169 km away). In January its highs average 35.4°C, 1.1°C warmer than Gbadolite, with 5.3 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gbadolite ranks 1st of 60 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Gbadolite is 5.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 34.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 15 mm to 31 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
Gbadolite climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 34.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 15 | 3.0 | 11.912 h |
| February | 34.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 31 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| March | 33.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 98 | 14.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 147 | 18.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 138 | 21.0 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 110 | 20.2 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 126 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| August | 28.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 160 | 24.9 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 151 | 24.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 181 | 26.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 95 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| December | 32.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 20 | 4.3 | 11.912 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
- Bambari in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 169 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Gemena in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Binga in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 219 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Lisala in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Bangui in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 272 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Bégoua in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 274 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 11 mm rain
- Bumba in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 284 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Bimbo in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 287 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 11 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 Gbadolite) is explained once on the Gbadolite year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.