Climate averages 1991–2020
Inkisi weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Inkisi: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 134 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbanza-Ngungu (26 km away). In January its highs average 27.3°C, 1.6°C cooler than Inkisi, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Inkisi ranks joint 30th of 60 for the warmest January highs and 28th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Inkisi is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 134 mm to 100 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
Inkisi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 134 | 22.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 100 | 17.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 128 | 19.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 174 | 24.3 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 82 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.8°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 3.8 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 29.0°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 5.7 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 21 | 6.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 116 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 203 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.5°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 179 | 25.6 | 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
- Mbanza-Ngungu in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 26 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Kimpese in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 84 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 141 mm rain
- Masina in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 91 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Kinshasa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 94 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Brazzaville in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 99 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in JanuaryAngola · 155 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Matadi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Nkayi in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 222 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 135 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 Inkisi) is explained once on the Inkisi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.