Climate averages 1991–2020
Franceville weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Franceville: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 146 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moanda, Gabon (43 km away). In January its highs average 30.0°C, about as warm as Franceville, with 137 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Franceville ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest January highs and 3rd of 6 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 6 cities is 29.2°C; Franceville is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 146 mm to 154 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
Franceville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 29.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 146 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 154 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 176 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 165 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 138 | 23.4 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 40 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 26 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| August | 29.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 47 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 109 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 197 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 207 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 184 | 24.8 | 12.212 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
- Moanda, Gabon in JanuaryGabon · 43 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 137 mm rain
- Nkayi in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 286 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 135 mm rain
- Dolisie in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 303 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 219 mm rain
- Brazzaville in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 348 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Kinshasa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 356 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Masina in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 366 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 398 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Inkisi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 422 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.4°C · 134 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 Franceville) is explained once on the Franceville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.