Climate averages 1991–2020
Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 4th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 87 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes January a moderately wet month (the 9th 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 Soyo (23 km away). In January its highs average 27.6°C, 0.7°C cooler than Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 87 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks joint 37th of 60 for the warmest January highs and 15th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 87 mm to 96 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
Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 28.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 87 | 14.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 96 | 14.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 94 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 101 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 28 | 5.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 25.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August | 24.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 25.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 27 | 7.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 78 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 81 | 13.3 | 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
- Soyo in JanuaryAngola · 23 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 25.1°C · 87 mm rain
- Cabinda in JanuaryAngola · 45 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 190 mm rain
- Boma in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 76 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Matadi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 121 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 140 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Dolisie in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 195 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 219 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in JanuaryAngola · 210 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 20.7°C · 154 mm rain
- Nkayi in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 219 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 135 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 Moanda) is explained once on the Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.