Climate averages 1991–2020
Nkayi weather
in January.
A hot, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Nkayi: daytime highs average 30.2°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes January a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dolisie (69 km away). In January its highs average 28.9°C, 1.3°C cooler than Nkayi, with 219 mm of rain.
Among the 4 cities listed in the Republic of the Congo, Nkayi ranks 1st of 4 for the warmest January highs and 2nd of 4 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 4 cities is 29.2°C; Nkayi is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 135 mm to 120 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
Nkayi 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°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 135 | 22.4 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 120 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| March | 31.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 150 | 21.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 69 | 13.8 | 11.912 h |
| June | 29.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 11.912 h |
| July | 28.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| August | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 11 | 3.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 83 | 15.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 158 | 24.3 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 175 | 25.1 | 12.412 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
- Dolisie in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 69 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 219 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in JanuaryRepublic of the Congo · 171 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 24.0°C · 142 mm rain
- Matadi in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 185 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Boma in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 187 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.5°C · 176 mm rain
- Cabinda in JanuaryAngola · 195 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 190 mm rain
- Kimpese in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 199 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 141 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 211 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.9°C · 154 mm rain
- Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 219 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 87 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 Nkayi) is explained once on the Nkayi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.