Climate averages 1991–2020
Kikwit weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Kikwit: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes January a wet month (the 7th 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 Bulungu (60 km away). In January its highs average 30.6°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kikwit, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kikwit ranks 17th of 60 for the warmest January highs and joint 20th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Kikwit is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 116 mm to 112 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
Kikwit climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 116 | 19.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 112 | 16.7 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 133 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 166 | 23.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 83 | 15.6 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.4°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 13 | 3.4 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 7.4 | 2.3 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.1°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 41 | 9.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 106 | 18.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 167 | 25.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.1°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 178 | 24.8 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.2°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 148 | 23.3 | 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
- Bulungu in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 142 mm rain
- Idiofa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 86 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Ilebo in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 131 mm rain
- Tshikapa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 137 mm rain
- Mweka in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 305 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Chitato in JanuaryAngola · 329 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 170 mm rain
- Dundo in JanuaryAngola · 340 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 Kikwit) is explained once on the Kikwit year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.