Gemena weather in January

In January, Gemena sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 27 mm of rain across 5.7 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Gemena's 1st-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gemena's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
21°
1st coldest
Rainfall
27 mm
5.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
5:55 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
62%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.3
out of 10

Gemena is town in the northwest of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Gemena reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs about 1°C warmer than December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How January really feels in Gemena

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in January is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Gemena weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 3rd-warmest and 12th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 21°275.711.84.3
Feb33° / 22°518.611.93.5
Mar32° / 23°13217.2123.1
Apr31° / 23°1381912.13.3
May31° / 23°1141912.13.6
Jun30° / 22°9618.212.23.9
Jul29° / 22°12321.412.23.9
Aug29° / 21°16224.812.13.6
Sep29° / 21°15923.6123.5
Oct29° / 22°18225.411.93.4
Nov30° / 22°13821.311.93.6
Dec31° / 21°448.511.84.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
24951
34951
44951
54951
65050
75050
85050
94951
104852
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134753
144654
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Gemena gets around 27 mm of rain over 5.7 wet days in January, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 18% and peaks near 23% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
116
215
315
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515
615
715
815
915
1015
1115
1215
1316
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1517
1617
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1818
1919
2019
2120
2221
2322
2422
2523
2623
2723
2823
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3023
3123

Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the oppressive band about 37% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 67% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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2611123438
3711123437
4712113336
5812113335
6913113334
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2861292845
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3151192846

Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of January to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:50 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 5:39 PM to 5:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:505:39
211.85:505:39
311.85:505:39
411.85:515:40
511.85:515:40
611.85:525:41
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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 5.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.79 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.8Bright
Planning a trip in January

Is January a good time to visit Gemena?

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

4.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
6.9
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Gemena for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Gemena in January

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

In January, Gemena sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Gemena in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Gemena peaks around April 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 17UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar10Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Gemena 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 Gemena is worst in February — around 95 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.1× the cleanest month (October, 14 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateFeb 1792 µg/m³Oct 1114 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan62Unhealthy
Feb95Unhealthy
Mar75Unhealthy
Apr29Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep14Moderate
Oct14Moderate
Nov20Moderate
Dec33Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Gemena?

Gemena sits at 3.3°N, 19.8°E, 420 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Businga, 124 km away.

BusingaBingaLibengeMindouliBétouGbadoliteZongoBangui

Topography around Gemena

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gemena has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 145 m around an average of 414 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 205 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 283 m.

The land around Gemena is covered by artificial surfaces (38%), trees (35%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and trees (47%) within 16 km, and trees (67%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km
145 m
16 km
205 m
80 km
283 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Businga 124 km · Binga 127 km · Libenge 134 km · Mindouli 141 km · Bétou 141 km · Gbadolite 178 km · Zongo 178 km · Bangui 183 km

Democratic Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 42% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$807
2025
Happiness
3.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
12%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
34.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 400

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 Gemena (3.2565°, 19.7723°, elevation 420 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).