Mulongo weather in January

In January, Mulongo sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 228 mm of rain across 24 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Mulongo's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mulongo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
11th warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
228 mm
24 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:09 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
88%
11th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Mulongo is town in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Density
1,295/km²
people per km²

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 28°C through the month.

A typical January day in Mulongo reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Mulongo

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Mulongo weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 21°2282412.43.9
Feb29° / 22°17018.812.33.9
Mar29° / 22°17921.112.13.8
Apr30° / 22°1091511.84.2
May33° / 21°132.911.64.4
Jun33° / 20°00.111.64.3
Jul33° / 19°0011.64.3
Aug34° / 21°40.711.73.6
Sep34° / 22°286.1123.4
Oct31° / 22°11918.512.23.6
Nov29° / 21°20023.412.43.6
Dec28° / 21°23126.412.43.7

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in January.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1892
2793
3793
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5793
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Mulongo gets around 228 mm of rain over 24 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 78% and peaks near 81% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
181
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1778
1877
1977
2077
2177
2277
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3074
3174

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 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
110900
210900
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411890
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2111890
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2510900
2610900
279901
289901
299901
309901
319901

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
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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 6:02 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 6:29 PM to 6:36 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:026:29
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312.46:036:29
412.46:036:30
512.46:046:30
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712.46:056:31
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1112.46:076:32
1212.46:076:33
1312.46:086:33
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1512.46:096:33
1612.46:096:34
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1812.46:106:34
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2012.46:116:34
2112.46:116:35
2212.46:126:35
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2712.46:146:35
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2912.46:146:36
3012.36:156:36
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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 5.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in August across the year — January's 5.15 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Mulongo

In seasonPeak

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

Mulongo's monsoon runs October–April, 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 Mulongo?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

January is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mulongo.

What to pack for Mulongo in January

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

In January, Mulongo sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mulongo in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mulongo peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 16 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highVery highExtremeMar 14UV 15Aug 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7High
Sep9Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Mulongo 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 Mulongo is worst in July — around 176 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 17.5× the cleanest month (April, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyModerateJul 20171 µg/m³Apr 1010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr10Good
May25Moderate
Jun100Unhealthy
Jul176Very unhealthy
Aug148Unhealthy
Sep49Poor
Oct26Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mulongo?

Mulongo sits at 7.8°S, 27.0°E, 597 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Malemba-Nkulu, 32 km away.

BukamaKabaloPwetoNyunzuKamina

Topography around Mulongo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mulongo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m around an average of 584 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,168 m.

The land around Mulongo is covered by water (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (28%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
152 m
16 km
406 m
80 km
1,168 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
January weather nearby: Malemba-Nkulu 32 km · Manono 74 km · Kipamba 76 km · Bukama 198 km · Kabalo 198 km · Pweto 221 km · Nyunzu 237 km · Kamina 242 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 Mulongo (-7.8349°, 26.9985°, elevation 597 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).