Climate averages 1991–2020
Lisala weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Lisala: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 45 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bumba (106 km away). In January its highs average 32.3°C, about as warm as Lisala, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lisala ranks 7th of 60 for the warmest January highs and 10th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Lisala is 3.2°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 32.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 45 mm to 71 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
Lisala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 45 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 71 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 136 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 142 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 118 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 103 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 116 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 161 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 185 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 146 | 23.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 60 | 11.9 | 12.012 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
- Bumba in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Binga in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 116 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Gemena in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Gbadolite in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 15 mm rain
- Basoko in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Buta in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Bangui in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 410 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Bambari in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 413 kmHigh 35.4°C · Low 22.4°C · 5.3 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 Lisala) is explained once on the Lisala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.