Malemba weather in January

In January, Malemba sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 283 mm of rain across 27.7 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-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 0% of the time in January, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of January to 12 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Malemba's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malemba's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 18°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 283 mm; 27.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 6:15 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover: 89%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.71 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.8; out of 10

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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 Malemba reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and on par with February.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	18
2	26	18
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	26	18
14	26	18
15	26	18
16	26	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

How January really feels in Malemba

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

January sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Malemba weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	26° / 18°	283	27.7	12.5	3.8
Feb	27° / 18°	229	24	12.3	3.9
Mar	27° / 18°	204	25.3	12.1	4.1
Apr	28° / 18°	66	11.6	11.8	5.7
May	30° / 18°	3	0.9	11.5	6.5
Jun	29° / 16°	0	0	11.4	7.2
Jul	29° / 16°	0	0	11.5	7.2
Aug	31° / 18°	1	0.3	11.7	5.6
Sep	32° / 19°	15	3.3	11.9	4.6
Oct	30° / 19°	83	14.9	12.2	4.2
Nov	28° / 18°	175	24.6	12.5	3.9
Dec	26° / 18°	248	27.4	12.6	3.8

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in January, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	5	5	5	5	4	4	3	3	3	3	3
Cloudier (%)	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	95	95	95	95	96	96	97	97	97	97	97

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Malemba gets around 283 mm of rain over 27.7 wet days in January, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 89% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	89	89	89	89	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	89

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 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 71% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	28	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	31	31	31	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	27	26	25	25	25
Muggy (%)	72	71	71	71	71	70	70	70	69	69	69	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	72	72	73	73	74	75	75	75

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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30	5	calm
31	5	calm

Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of January to 12 h 30 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 6:07 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:43 PM to 6:49 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16	6:17	6:17	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:21	6:21	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:43	6:43	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:07	6:43
2	12.6	6:08	6:43
3	12.6	6:08	6:44
4	12.6	6:09	6:44
5	12.6	6:09	6:44
6	12.6	6:10	6:45
7	12.6	6:10	6:45
8	12.6	6:11	6:45
9	12.6	6:11	6:46
10	12.6	6:12	6:46
11	12.6	6:12	6:46
12	12.6	6:13	6:47
13	12.6	6:13	6:47
14	12.6	6:14	6:47
15	12.6	6:14	6:47
16	12.5	6:15	6:47
17	12.5	6:15	6:48
18	12.5	6:16	6:48
19	12.5	6:16	6:48
20	12.5	6:17	6:48
21	12.5	6:17	6:48
22	12.5	6:18	6:48
23	12.5	6:18	6:49
24	12.5	6:18	6:49
25	12.5	6:19	6:49
26	12.5	6:19	6:49
27	12.5	6:20	6:49
28	12.5	6:20	6:49
29	12.5	6:21	6:49
30	12.5	6:21	6:49
31	12.5	6:21	6:49

Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 4.71 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.71 kWh/m² to a high of 6.32 kWh/m² in September across the year — January's 4.71 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.8	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.7	Bright
20	4.7	Bright
21	4.7	Bright
22	4.7	Bright
23	4.7	Bright
24	4.7	Bright
25	4.8	Bright
26	4.8	Bright
27	4.8	Bright
28	4.8	Bright
29	4.8	Bright
30	4.8	Bright
31	4.8	Bright

Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Malemba

In seasonPeak

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

Malemba's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is January a good time to visit Malemba?

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

3.8

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.7

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Malemba.

What to pack for Malemba in January

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

In January, Malemba sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes and sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothessun protection

UV index in Malemba 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 Malemba peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 19 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	15	15	15	13	10	9	9	9	11	13	12	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	9	Very high
Aug	9	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	12	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Malemba 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 Malemba is worst in August — around 144 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 17.7× the cleanest month (April, 8 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	12	12	9	8	15	52	88	144	108	27	13	9
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	12	Good
Feb	12	Good
Mar	9	Good
Apr	8	Good
May	15	Moderate
Jun	52	Poor
Jul	88	Unhealthy
Aug	144	Unhealthy
Sep	108	Unhealthy
Oct	27	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	9	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Malemba?

Malemba sits at 10.4°S, 24.5°E, 1,092 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kolwezi, 107 km away.

Topography around Malemba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malemba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 146 m around an average of 1,092 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 382 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 627 m.

The land around Malemba is covered by trees (86%) within 3 km, trees (88%) within 16 km, and trees (77%) within 80 km.

3 km

146 m

trees 86%

16 km

382 m

trees 88%

80 km

627 m

trees 77%

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← December Malemba year-round climate February →Best places to visit in January

January weather nearby: Kolwezi 107 km · Mwinilunga 151 km · Kamina 189 km · Tshilenge 191 km · Mwene 194 km · Bukama 194 km · Fungurume 196 km · Chisasa 219 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 Malemba (-10.3781°, 24.5452°, elevation 1,092 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	18
2	26	18
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	26	18
14	26	18
15	26	18
16	26	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	89

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	18
2	26	18
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	26	18
14	26	18
15	26	18
16	26	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	89

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	26	18
2	26	18
3	26	18
4	26	18
5	26	18
6	26	18
7	26	18
8	26	18
9	26	18
10	26	18
11	26	18
12	26	18
13	26	18
14	26	18
15	26	18
16	26	18
17	26	18
18	26	18
19	26	18
20	26	18
21	26	18
22	26	18
23	26	18
24	26	18
25	26	18
26	26	18
27	26	18
28	26	18
29	26	18
30	26	18
31	26	18

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	5	95
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	4	96
26	4	96
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	88
2	88
3	88
4	88
5	89
6	89
7	89
8	89
9	89
10	89
11	89
12	89
13	89
14	89
15	89
16	89
17	89
18	89
19	89
20	90
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	89
25	89
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	89
30	89
31	89

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	28	72
2	29	71
3	29	71
4	29	71
5	29	71
6	30	70
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	31	69
10	31	69
11	31	69
12	32	68
13	32	68
14	32	68
15	32	68
16	32	68
17	32	68
18	32	68
19	31	69
20	31	69
21	30	70
22	30	70
23	29	71
24	28	72
25	28	72
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	26	74
29	25	75
30	25	75
31	25	75