Climate averages 1991–2020

Manono weather
in January.

A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.

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

Average high 28.7°C Daytime mean, January

Average low 20.8°C Night-time mean, January

Rainfall 203 mm 24 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

January is a hot month in Manono: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 203 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average January day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Mulongo (74 km away). In January its highs average 28.2°C, 0.5°C cooler than Manono, with 228 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Manono ranks joint 33rd of 60 for the warmest January highs and 49th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Manono is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.

From January to February, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 203 mm to 158 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

Manono climate table

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Manono, 1991–2020
Month	Average highHigh / low	Average low	Rainfall mm/month	Rain days ≥1 mm/day	Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day
January, selected	28.7°C20.8°C	20.8°C	203	23.7	12.512 h
February	29.6°C21.1°C	21.1°C	158	18.6	12.312 h
March	29.9°C21.2°C	21.2°C	164	21.2	12.112 h
April	30.8°C21.3°C	21.3°C	97	14.7	11.912 h
May	33.4°C21.6°C	21.6°C	12	3.3	11.812 h
June	34.5°C21.4°C	21.4°C	0.9	0.2	11.712 h
July	34.4°C21.2°C	21.2°C	0.2	0.1	11.712 h
August	35.1°C21.9°C	21.9°C	4.1	1.2	11.912 h
September	33.6°C22.1°C	22.1°C	35	7.0	12.112 h
October	30.6°C21.4°C	21.4°C	120	18.5	12.312 h
November	28.9°C20.8°C	20.8°C	194	24.2	12.412 h
December	28.3°C20.7°C	20.7°C	209	25.8	12.513 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 Manono

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 Manono) is explained once on the Manono year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.