Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbandaka 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 Mbandaka: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 89 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bolenge (7 km away). In January its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Mbandaka, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbandaka ranks joint 9th of 60 for the warmest January highs and joint 16th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Mbandaka is 2.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 31.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 89 mm to 120 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
Mbandaka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 31.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 89 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| February | 31.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 120 | 16.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 156 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 159 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 128 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 92 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 94 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| August | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 155 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 189 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 205 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 182 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 30.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 120 | 20.0 | 12.112 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
- Bolenge in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 7 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 89 mm rain
- Binga in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 359 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 22.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 387 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.0°C · 131 mm rain
- Gemena in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 394 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 22.2°C · 27 mm rain
- Lisala in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 431 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Bimbo in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 468 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.4°C · 11 mm rain
- Bangui in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 481 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 11 mm rain
- Bégoua in JanuaryCentral African Republic · 491 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 11 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 Mbandaka) is explained once on the Mbandaka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Bolenge lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.