Climate averages 1991–2020
Ilebo weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 7th warmest and the joint 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Ilebo: daytime highs average 29.6°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 127 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes January a wet month (the joint 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mweka (122 km away). In January its highs average 28.6°C, 1.0°C cooler than Ilebo, with 143 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ilebo ranks joint 20th of 60 for the warmest January highs and 24th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Ilebo is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 127 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
Ilebo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 127 | 19.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 127 | 18.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 145 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 138 | 21.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 81 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 23 | 4.7 | 11.912 h |
| July | 31.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| August | 30.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 67 | 13.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 30.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 123 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 149 | 24.2 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 158 | 23.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 153 | 23.1 | 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
- Mweka in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Idiofa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Kikwit in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 116 mm rain
- Bulungu in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 142 mm rain
- Tshikapa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Kananga in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Chitato in JanuaryAngola · 331 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 170 mm rain
- Dundo in JanuaryAngola · 338 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 170 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 Ilebo) is explained once on the Ilebo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.