Climate averages 1991–2020
Malabo weather
in January.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 5th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Malabo: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 25.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 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 11 h 56 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Limbe (56 km away). In January its highs average 28.2°C, about as warm as Malabo, with 90 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Equatorial Guinea, Malabo ranks joint 2nd of 3 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 3 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 3 cities is 28.4°C; Malabo is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 73 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
Malabo 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°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 52 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 28.7°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 73 | 16.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 28.9°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 165 | 26.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.9°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 188 | 27.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.5°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 273 | 29.4 | 12.312 h |
| June | 27.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 388 | 29.0 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 446 | 29.1 | 12.312 h |
| August | 26.5°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 431 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 384 | 29.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 297 | 29.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 27.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 171 | 27.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 62 | 18.2 | 11.912 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
- Limbe in JanuaryCameroon · 56 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 24.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Buea in JanuaryCameroon · 68 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 65 mm rain
- Tiko in JanuaryCameroon · 73 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 90 mm rain
- Douala in JanuaryCameroon · 107 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 23.9°C · 69 mm rain
- Kumba in JanuaryCameroon · 123 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 30 mm rain
- Esuk Oron in JanuaryNigeria · 130 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 24.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Calabar in JanuaryNigeria · 143 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 23.5°C · 40 mm rain
- Edéa in JanuaryCameroon · 150 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 24.1°C · 61 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 Malabo) is explained once on the Malabo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.