Climate averages 1991–2020
Hyosha weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 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 Hyosha: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 17.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 35 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (67 km away). In January its highs average 23.8°C, 4.6°C cooler than Hyosha, with 53 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hyosha ranks 36th of 60 for the warmest January highs and 6th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Hyosha is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 35 mm to 41 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
Hyosha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 35 | 8.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 41 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 95 | 16.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 119 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 137 | 19.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 122 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 121 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| August | 25.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 162 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 151 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 170 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 133 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| December | 26.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 61 | 13.9 | 12.112 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
- Butembo in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Bunia in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 17.5°C · 34 mm rain
- Ibanda in JanuaryUganda · 143 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Rutoma in JanuaryUganda · 170 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 16.2°C · 80 mm rain
- Mbarara in JanuaryUganda · 192 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.3°C · 35 mm rain
- Mubende in JanuaryUganda · 209 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Rutshuru in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 210 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 121 mm rain
- Hoima in JanuaryUganda · 220 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 66 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 Hyosha) is explained once on the Hyosha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.