Kabeya-Kamwanga weather in January

In January, Kabeya-Kamwanga sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 125 mm of rain across 20 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kabeya-Kamwanga's 11th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kabeya-Kamwanga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
125 mm
20 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:27 AM – 6:46 PM
Cloud cover
84%
11th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Kabeya-Kamwanga is town of the Democratic Republic of the 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 30°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kabeya-Kamwanga reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with 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 Kabeya-Kamwanga

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 16 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
16
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.

Kabeya-Kamwanga weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 10th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°1252012.33.7
Feb31° / 21°1131812.23.5
Mar31° / 21°16222.4123.2
Apr31° / 21°13920.311.93.4
May31° / 21°387.811.74.6
Jun32° / 19°71.211.75.1
Jul32° / 19°30.711.75.0
Aug32° / 21°356.811.84.5
Sep31° / 21°10617.5123.8
Oct30° / 21°15523.312.13.4
Nov29° / 21°16324.812.33.3
Dec29° / 21°1472312.33.5

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% 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 90%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11486
21486
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71288
81387
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101288
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kabeya-Kamwanga gets around 125 mm of rain over 20 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 65% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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366
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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 54% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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205248
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505347
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715346
815346
915445
1015544
1115544
1215643
1315643
1415742
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2015643
2115643
2215544
2305644
2405545
2505446
2605446
2705347
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Wind in January

Winds average 4 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
14calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:20 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:48 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.36:206:40
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312.36:216:41
412.36:216:42
512.36:226:42
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712.36:236:43
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1112.36:256:44
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1612.36:276:46
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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 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.2 kWh/m² to a high of 5.63 kWh/m² in February across the year — January's 5.33 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Is January a good time to visit Kabeya-Kamwanga?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kabeya-Kamwanga.

What to pack for Kabeya-Kamwanga in January

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

In January, Kabeya-Kamwanga sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kabeya-Kamwanga in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kabeya-Kamwanga peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 10 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighExtremeMar 19UV 15Aug 10UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul6High
Aug6High
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Kabeya-Kamwanga 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 Kabeya-Kamwanga is worst in August — around 104 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.4× the cleanest month (November, 24 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyModerateAug 9104 µg/m³Nov 2224 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan28Moderate
Feb32Moderate
Mar27Moderate
Apr27Moderate
May46Poor
Jun66Unhealthy
Jul104Unhealthy
Aug104Unhealthy
Sep43Poor
Oct29Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec24Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kabeya-Kamwanga?

Kabeya-Kamwanga sits at 6.0°S, 23.3°E, 649 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Miabi, 29 km away.

DembaKabinda

Topography around Kabeya-Kamwanga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kabeya-Kamwanga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 177 m around an average of 598 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 258 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 480 m.

The land around Kabeya-Kamwanga is covered by grassland (78%) within 3 km, grassland (76%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
177 m
16 km
258 m
80 km
480 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
January weather nearby: Miabi 29 km · Mbuji-Mayi 40 km · Kananga 93 km · Gandajika 113 km · Mwene-Ditu 114 km · Lusambo 116 km · Demba 122 km · Kabinda 137 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 Kabeya-Kamwanga (-5.9988°, 23.2539°, elevation 649 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).