Climate averages 1991–2020

Kalima weather
in January.

A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.7°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 19.5°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 198 mm 24 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a warm month in Kalima: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 198 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kalemie (120 km away). In January its highs average 26.8°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kalima, with 108 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kalima ranks joint 42nd of 60 for the warmest January highs and 48th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Kalima is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 198 mm to 148 mm.

The annual picture

January in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Kalima climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Kalima, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	27.7°C19.5°C	19.5°C	198	24.1	12.412 h
February	28.6°C19.9°C	19.9°C	148	18.8	12.312 h
March	28.9°C20.0°C	20.0°C	169	21.7	12.112 h
April	29.3°C20.2°C	20.2°C	101	14.7	12.012 h
May	31.0°C20.2°C	20.2°C	27	5.4	11.912 h
June	32.0°C19.8°C	19.8°C	3.7	0.8	11.812 h
July	32.5°C19.6°C	19.6°C	1.4	0.3	11.812 h
August	32.5°C20.2°C	20.2°C	13	2.9	11.912 h
September	31.4°C20.1°C	20.1°C	55	11.0	12.112 h
October	29.1°C19.9°C	19.9°C	160	21.3	12.212 h
November	27.4°C19.5°C	19.5°C	242	25.6	12.412 h
December	27.2°C19.4°C	19.4°C	223	26.5	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

Distance from Kalima

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Kalima) is explained once on the Kalima year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.