Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshikapa weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Tshikapa: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes January a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Chitato (99 km away). In January its highs average 28.2°C, 1.9°C cooler than Tshikapa, with 170 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshikapa ranks joint 14th of 60 for the warmest January highs and 29th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Tshikapa is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 128 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
Tshikapa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 137 | 20.3 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 128 | 18.8 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 163 | 22.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 153 | 19.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 39 | 6.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 32.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 33.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| August | 33.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 92 | 15.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 134 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 177 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 174 | 23.5 | 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
- Chitato in JanuaryAngola · 99 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 20.0°C · 170 mm rain
- Dundo in JanuaryAngola · 106 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 170 mm rain
- Kananga in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 131 mm rain
- Mweka in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 143 mm rain
- Idiofa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.2°C · 128 mm rain
- Lucapa in JanuaryAngola · 223 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.9°C · 208 mm rain
- Ilebo in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 127 mm rain
- Kikwit in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 267 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 116 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 Tshikapa) is explained once on the Tshikapa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.