Climate averages 1991–2020
Moanda, Gabon weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Moanda, Gabon: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 137 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a wet month (the 7th 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 Franceville (43 km away). In January its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Moanda, Gabon, with 146 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Moanda, Gabon ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 6 cities is 29.2°C; Moanda, Gabon is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 30.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 137 mm to 136 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, Gabon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January, selected | 30.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 137 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 136 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 148 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 140 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 121 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 41 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 29 | 8.0 | 12.012 h |
| August | 29.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 49 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 106 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 189 | 26.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 185 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 158 | 23.9 | 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
- Franceville in JanuaryGabon · 43 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Nkayi in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 22.6°C · 135 mm rain
- Dolisie in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 299 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 219 mm rain
- Brazzaville in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 379 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 386 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Kinshasa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 387 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Oyem in JanuaryGabon · 395 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 20.3°C · 84 mm rain
- Masina in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 397 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 118 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, Gabon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.