Ouesso weather in July

In July, Ouesso sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 91 mm of rain across 17.8 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of July to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Ouesso's 5th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ouesso's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
4th coldest
Rainfall
91 mm
17.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:59 AM – 6:04 PM
Cloud cover
73%
5th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.79 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Ouesso is city.

Density
8,133/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical July day in Ouesso reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Ouesso

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July 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

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

Ouesso weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 21°539.211.94.6
Feb31° / 22°7511.711.93.9
Mar31° / 22°13919.8123.3
Apr31° / 23°14719.9123.4
May30° / 22°11520.212.13.7
Jun29° / 22°9518.212.14.3
Jul29° / 22°9117.812.14.5
Aug29° / 22°12422.312.13.9
Sep29° / 22°16925.1123.4
Oct29° / 22°18926.3123.3
Nov29° / 22°1592211.93.6
Dec30° / 22°7212.311.94.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 73%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13565
23367
33367
43367
53367
63169
73169
83169
93070
103169
113070
123070
132971
142971
152872
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202476
212476
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282278
292278
302278
312377

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Ouesso gets around 91 mm of rain over 17.8 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 59% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
160
259
359
458
557
656
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1055
1155
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2060
2160
2261
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2662
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3064
3164

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1595
2694
3694
4793
5793
6793
7793
8892
9892
10892
11991
12991
13991
14991
15991
16991
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211189
221189
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271288
281288
291288
301288
311288

Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July.

Across July, 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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 06 min at the start of July to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 5:56 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:566:02
212.15:576:02
312.15:576:02
412.15:576:02
512.15:576:03
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812.15:586:03
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.79 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.78 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 4.79 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Is July a good time to visit Ouesso?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Ouesso for sightseeing.

What to pack for Ouesso in July

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

In July, Ouesso sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 18 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ouesso in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Ouesso peaks around March 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 10 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 18UV 14Jul 10UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Ouesso in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Ouesso is worst in February — around 43 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.8× the cleanest month (September, 9 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodModerateFeb 1342 µg/m³Sep 239 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan32Moderate
Feb43Poor
Mar26Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May14Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep9Good
Oct9Good
Nov16Moderate
Dec26Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Ouesso?

Ouesso sits at 1.6°N, 16.1°E, 348 m above sea level, in Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Pokola, 38 km away.

MakouaNolaImpfondoOwandoYokadoumaBolenge

Topography around Ouesso

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ouesso has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m around an average of 346 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 215 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m.

The land around Ouesso is covered by trees (53%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, trees (95%) within 16 km, and trees (99%) within 80 km.

3 km
47 m
16 km
215 m
80 km
366 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
July weather nearby: Pokola 38 km · Makoua 185 km · Nola 213 km · Impfondo 223 km · Owando 234 km · Yokadouma 239 km · Berbérati 296 km · Bolenge 300 km

Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,515
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
46%
of population, 2021
Road deaths
29.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Roman Catholic 33%Awakening Churches/Christian Revival 22%Protestant 20%none 11%

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 Ouesso (1.6136°, 16.0517°, elevation 348 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).