Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwene-Ditu weather
in January.
A warm, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Mwene-Ditu: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 19.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gandajika (63 km away). In January its highs average 28.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Mwene-Ditu, with 154 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwene-Ditu ranks joint 42nd of 60 for the warmest January highs and 43rd of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Mwene-Ditu is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 179 mm to 158 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
Mwene-Ditu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 27.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 179 | 25.3 | 12.512 h |
| February | 28.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 158 | 21.9 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 186 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 136 | 19.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 26 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| July | 31.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| August | 31.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 104 | 17.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 166 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 193 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 192 | 26.4 | 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
- Gandajika in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 63 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 154 mm rain
- Miabi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 88 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 140 mm rain
- Kanyama in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 19.1°C · 183 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.8°C · 140 mm rain
- Kabinda in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 194 mm rain
- Kananga in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Kamina in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 257 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 18.3°C · 217 mm rain
- Dundo in JanuaryAngola · 294 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 Mwene-Ditu) is explained once on the Mwene-Ditu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.