Climate averages 1991–2020
Kananga weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kananga: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 131 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Miabi (114 km away). In January its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Kananga, with 140 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kananga ranks joint 30th of 60 for the warmest January highs and joint 26th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Kananga is level with that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 131 mm to 128 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
Kananga 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°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 131 | 19.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 128 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 176 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 178 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 64 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 9.9 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| August | 31.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 52 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 136 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 181 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 186 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 159 | 22.3 | 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
- Miabi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 140 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Mweka in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 19.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Tshikapa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Gandajika in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 154 mm rain
- Kabinda in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 230 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 194 mm rain
- Dundo in JanuaryAngola · 241 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 Kananga) is explained once on the Kananga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.