Kalemie weather in January

In January, Kalemie sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 108 mm of rain across 21.7 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°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 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 Kalemie's 11th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalemie's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
7th warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
108 mm
21.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:03 AM – 6:22 PM
Cloud cover
85%
11th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.36 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.6
out of 10

Kalemie is ville de la République démocratique du Congo.

Founded
1891

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 26°C through the month.

A typical January day in Kalemie reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Kalemie weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 7th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan26° / 23°10821.712.34.6
Feb27° / 23°9117.412.24.9
Mar26° / 23°14822.7124.5
Apr26° / 23°18023.211.94.5
May26° / 24°6110.111.76.9
Jun26° / 23°20.711.78.6
Jul26° / 23°10.211.78.9
Aug27° / 23°30.611.88.5
Sep28° / 24°112.7127.3
Oct28° / 23°5810.412.16.0
Nov26° / 23°11118.112.35.0
Dec26° / 22°12323.312.34.4

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 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21189
31189
41189
51189
61189
71189
81189
91090
101189
111189
121189
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311090

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kalemie gets around 108 mm of rain over 21.7 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 71% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
174
273
373
473
573
673
773
873
973
1073
1173
1273
1373
1473
1573
1672
1772
1871
1971
2070
2169
2269
2368
2468
2567
2667
2766
2866
2966
3065
3165

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 82% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
118514
218514
318514
418514
518514
618514
718514
818613
918613
1018613
1118514
1218514
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1818217
1918118
2018019
2118019
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2407822
2507723
2607723
2707624
2807525
2907426
3007426
3107327

Wind in January

Winds average 8 km/h in January.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
78calm
88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
148calm
158calm
168calm
178calm
188calm
198calm
208calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
258calm
268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

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 5:56 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:566:17
212.35:576:17
312.35:576:17
412.35:586:18
512.35:586:18
612.35:596:19
712.35:596:19
812.36:006:19
912.36:006:20
1012.36:016:20
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1312.36:026:21
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1512.36:036:22
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1712.36:046:22
1812.36:046:22
1912.36:046:23
2012.36:056:23
2112.36:056:23
2212.36:066:23
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2412.36:066:24
2512.36:076:24
2612.36:076:24
2712.36:076:24
2812.36:086:24
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3012.36:086:24
3112.36:096:24

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.36 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 6.41 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 5.36 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.2Bright
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35.2Bright
45.2Bright
55.2Bright
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145.3Bright
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305.5Bright
315.6Bright
Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Kalemie

In seasonPeak

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

Kalemie'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 Kalemie?

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

4.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Kalemie for sightseeing.

What to pack for Kalemie in January

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

In January, Kalemie sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 23°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Kalemie in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kalemie peaks around March 15 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 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 highExtremeMar 15UV 15Aug 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Kalemie 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 Kalemie is worst in September — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 7.2× the cleanest month (April, 8 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModeratePoorModerateGoodSep 954 µg/m³Apr 118 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar10Good
Apr8Good
May17Moderate
Jun42Poor
Jul45Poor
Aug54Poor
Sep54Poor
Oct20Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kalemie?

Kalemie sits at 5.9°S, 29.2°E, 787 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kalima, 120 km away.

KalimaKigomaNyunzuMwandigaBaudhuinvilleUvinzaKasuluPepa

Topography around Kalemie

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalemie has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 147 m around an average of 795 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 569 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,739 m.

The land around Kalemie is covered by water (47%), artificial surfaces (25%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and water (39%) within 16 km, and trees (38%), water (37%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
147 m
16 km
569 m
80 km
1,739 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Kalima 120 km · Kigoma 128 km · Nyunzu 130 km · Mwandiga 134 km · Baudhuinville 140 km · Uvinza 162 km · Kasulu 183 km · Pepa 205 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 Kalemie (-5.9475°, 29.1947°, elevation 787 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).