Piri weather in January

In January, Piri sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 133 mm of rain across 17.9 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Piri's 8th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Piri's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
5th warmest
Overnight low
21°
8th coldest
Rainfall
133 mm
17.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:58 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
82%
8th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
5.21 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.7
out of 10

Piri is town and commune in the municipality of Dembos, province of Bengo, Angola.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Piri reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Piri weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 21°13317.912.44.7
Feb29° / 21°13015.712.34.4
Mar29° / 21°19621.712.13.8
Apr29° / 21°27626.811.83.3
May28° / 20°569.711.66.1
Jun28° / 17°20.311.58.4
Jul27° / 16°10.111.68.5
Aug27° / 17°51.311.78.0
Sep28° / 18°175.511.96.8
Oct28° / 20°7716.112.25.2
Nov28° / 21°21523.612.44.1
Dec28° / 21°17521.412.54.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Piri gets around 133 mm of rain over 17.9 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 58% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of January feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, January lands in the muggy band about 64% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 92% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1066628
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Wind in January

Winds average 5 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of January to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:51 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:516:20
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.21 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.19 kWh/m² to a high of 5.42 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.21 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Piri

In seasonPeak

In January, Piri sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Piri's rainy season runs November–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is January a good time to visit Piri?

Our two travel scores rate January for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.7
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.3
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Piri for sightseeing.

What to pack for Piri in January

From January's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In January, Piri sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Piri in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 15 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Piri peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeMar 14UV 15Aug 13UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug6High
Sep10Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Piri in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where January falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Piri is worst in September — around 57 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.3× the cleanest month (January, 24 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorPoorModerateJul 1356 µg/m³Jan 1625 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan24Moderate
Feb26Moderate
Mar29Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May39Poor
Jun55Poor
Jul56Unhealthy
Aug51Poor
Sep57Unhealthy
Oct38Poor
Nov25Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Piri?

Piri sits at 8.5°S, 14.4°E, 695 m above sea level, in Angola. The nearest listed city is Pango Aluquém, 20 km away.

Topography around Piri

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Piri.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Piri has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 319 m around an average of 692 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 752 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,116 m.

The land around Piri is covered by trees (94%) within 3 km, trees (94%) within 16 km, and trees (78%) and grassland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
319 m
16 km
752 m
80 km
1,116 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Pango Aluquém 20 km · Cage Mazumbo 28 km · Úcua 33 km · Bula Atumba 43 km · Gombe 48 km · Muxaluando 48 km · Canacassala 54 km · Golungo Alto 76 km

Angola travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,129
2025
Happiness
3.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2017
Homicide rate
4.1
per 100k, 2016
Road deaths
26.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 413
Religion
Roman Catholic 41%Protestant 38%none 12%other 9%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Piri (-8.5341°, 14.4355°, elevation 695 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).