Kasongo-Lunda weather in January

In January, Kasongo-Lunda sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 116 mm of rain across 19.8 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-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 3% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of January to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Kasongo-Lunda's 10th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kasongo-Lunda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
9th warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
116 mm
19.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:52 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
82%
10th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
5.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Kasongo-Lunda is city.

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 Kasongo-Lunda 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 Kasongo-Lunda

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 8 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
8
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.

Kasongo-Lunda weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 9th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 21°11619.812.33.8
Feb30° / 21°9416.912.23.6
Mar30° / 21°14622123.3
Apr30° / 21°16423.311.93.4
May30° / 21°5310.711.74.7
Jun31° / 19°61.411.65.6
Jul32° / 18°10.111.75.4
Aug32° / 20°113.211.84.8
Sep32° / 21°5412.3123.9
Oct30° / 21°14624.612.13.3
Nov29° / 21°18825.612.33.4
Dec29° / 21°1532412.43.7

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 11% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21585
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Kasongo-Lunda gets around 116 mm of rain over 19.8 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 64% and peaks near 71% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
171
270
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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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
116039
216138
316138
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516237
616237
716336
816435
916435
1016534
1116633
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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 24 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 shrink by about 6 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 5:45 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:07 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:456:07
212.45:456:07
312.45:466:08
412.45:466:08
512.45:476:09
612.45:476:09
712.45:486:09
812.45:486:10
912.45:496:10
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1112.45:506:11
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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 5.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 5.81 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 5.47 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Kasongo-Lunda

In seasonPeak

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

Kasongo-Lunda's rainy season runs October–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 Kasongo-Lunda?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kasongo-Lunda.

What to pack for Kasongo-Lunda in January

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

In January, Kasongo-Lunda 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 Kasongo-Lunda 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 Kasongo-Lunda peaks around March 13 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 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 13UV 15Aug 11UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May8Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep10Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Kasongo-Lunda 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 Kasongo-Lunda is worst in August — around 146 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 14.8× the cleanest month (November, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodAug 15140 µg/m³Nov 2010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar14Moderate
Apr12Good
May28Moderate
Jun85Unhealthy
Jul100Unhealthy
Aug146Unhealthy
Sep85Unhealthy
Oct16Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kasongo-Lunda?

Kasongo-Lunda sits at 6.5°S, 16.8°E, 534 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Cambundi, 113 km away.

Sanza PomboMaquela do ZomboNegageMasi-ManimbaUígeSongoInkisi

Topography around Kasongo-Lunda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kasongo-Lunda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 161 m around an average of 490 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 502 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 726 m.

The land around Kasongo-Lunda is covered by trees (52%) and shrubs (39%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) within 80 km.

3 km
161 m
16 km
502 m
80 km
726 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
January weather nearby: Cambundi 113 km · Sanza Pombo 129 km · Maquela do Zombo 194 km · Negage 222 km · Masi-Manimba 224 km · Uíge 231 km · Songo 238 km · Inkisi 246 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 Kasongo-Lunda (-6.4783°, 16.8174°, elevation 534 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).