Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabinda weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Kabinda: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 194 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gandajika (89 km away). In January its highs average 28.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kabinda, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kabinda ranks 41st of 60 for the warmest January highs and 47th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Kabinda is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 194 mm to 172 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
Kabinda climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.9°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 194 | 24.8 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 172 | 21.9 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.7°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 201 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 162 | 20.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 42 | 7.7 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 6.9 | 1.5 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 3.1 | 0.8 | 11.812 h |
| August | 30.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 41 | 8.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 28.8°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 128 | 20.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.8°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 206 | 26.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.6°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 229 | 26.4 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 218 | 26.7 | 12.512 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
- Gandajika in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 89 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 154 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 99 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Miabi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 121 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 140 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Kanyama in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 157 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 183 mm rain
- Kananga in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 230 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Kabalo in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 269 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 165 mm rain
- Kongolo in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.3°C · 192 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 Kabinda) is explained once on the Kabinda year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.