Pointe-Noire climate
Pointe-Noire is warmest in March, with average highs of 29 °C, and coldest in July, when nights average 20 °C. November is the wettest month (223 mm) and July the driest (4.0 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Pointe-Noire averages 1,446 mm of rain and 327 days above 25 °C.
Republic of the Congo · population 1,032,000 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month March 29 °C
- Coldest month July 20 °C
- Driest month July 4 mm
- Wettest month November 223 mm
- Least cloud June 67 % cloud
- Hottest on record March 32 °C
- Coldest on record July 15 °C
- Warmest sea March 28 °C
What to expectPointe-Noire through the year
Pointe-Noire has a clear annual cycle: average daily highs run from 25 °C in July to 29 °C in March, a swing of 4.7 °C in mean temperature across the year.
Counted across a normal year, 327 days a year reach 25 °C, 15 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C, in March.
Rain is strongly seasonal. November averages 223 mm against 4 mm in July — 56 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
The sea off Pointe-Noire is warmest in March at 28 °C and coldest in July at 22 °C. Sea temperature lags the air by a month or two, which is why late summer swims warmer than early summer at the same air temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5 °C | 221 mm | 86 % |
| February | 29.0 °C | 205 mm | 87 % |
| March | 29.3 °C | 190 mm | 85 % |
| April | 29.0 °C | 186 mm | 84 % |
| May | 28.0 °C | 78 mm | 75 % |
| June | 26.1 °C | 7 mm | 67 % |
| July | 25.0 °C | 4 mm | 69 % |
| August | 25.1 °C | 7 mm | 74 % |
| September | 26.2 °C | 16 mm | 78 % |
| October | 27.5 °C | 91 mm | 82 % |
| November | 27.9 °C | 223 mm | 84 % |
| December | 28.0 °C | 218 mm | 87 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5 °C | 24.0 °C | 25.9 °C | 30.9 °C | 20.9 °C | 31 | 1 | 0 |
| February | 29.0 °C | 24.3 °C | 26.4 °C | 31.6 °C | 21.9 °C | 28 | 4 | 0 |
| March | 29.3 °C | 24.7 °C | 26.7 °C | 32.2 °C | 22.5 °C | 31 | 6 | 0 |
| April | 29.0 °C | 24.6 °C | 26.5 °C | 31.7 °C | 21.3 °C | 30 | 4 | 0 |
| May | 28.0 °C | 23.7 °C | 25.6 °C | 31.2 °C | 19.1 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 26.1 °C | 21.2 °C | 23.4 °C | 28.8 °C | 16.6 °C | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| July | 25.0 °C | 19.6 °C | 22.1 °C | 28.6 °C | 14.6 °C | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| August | 25.1 °C | 20.0 °C | 22.3 °C | 28.4 °C | 15.6 °C | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| September | 26.2 °C | 21.7 °C | 23.6 °C | 29.9 °C | 18.6 °C | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 27.5 °C | 23.5 °C | 25.2 °C | 30.4 °C | 20.7 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| November | 27.9 °C | 24.0 °C | 25.6 °C | 31.0 °C | 21.7 °C | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| December | 28.0 °C | 23.8 °C | 25.6 °C | 30.3 °C | 21.2 °C | 31 | 0 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind | Sea temp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 221 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 86 % | 87 % | 11 km/h | 27.3 °C |
| February | 205 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 87 % | 87 % | 12 km/h | 28.2 °C |
| March | 190 mm | 25 | 12 h/day | 85 % | 87 % | 12 km/h | 28.4 °C |
| April | 186 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 84 % | 88 % | 11 km/h | 27.7 °C |
| May | 78 mm | 14 | 12 h/day | 75 % | 88 % | 12 km/h | 25.8 °C |
| June | 7 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 67 % | 87 % | 12 km/h | 23.3 °C |
| July | 4 mm | 0 | 12 h/day | 69 % | 86 % | 12 km/h | 21.7 °C |
| August | 7 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 74 % | 86 % | 13 km/h | 21.7 °C |
| September | 16 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 78 % | 85 % | 14 km/h | 23.4 °C |
| October | 91 mm | 17 | 12 h/day | 82 % | 83 % | 15 km/h | 25.4 °C |
| November | 223 mm | 26 | 12 h/day | 84 % | 87 % | 13 km/h | 26.4 °C |
| December | 218 mm | 27 | 12 h/day | 87 % | 88 % | 12 km/h | 26.4 °C |
How Pointe-Noire compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pointe-Noire | 29 °C | 20 °C | 1,446 mm | 327 |
| Cabinda · Angola | 29 °C | 20 °C | 1,267 mm | 298 |
| Soyo · Angola | 29 °C | 20 °C | 780 mm | 266 |
| Boma · Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31 °C | 19 °C | 1,150 mm | 363 |
| Matadi · Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31 °C | 18 °C | 1,065 mm | 359 |
| Kinshasa · Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31 °C | 20 °C | 1,074 mm | 365 |
| Masina · Democratic Republic of the Congo | 31 °C | 19 °C | 1,197 mm | 365 |
Where Pointe-Noire ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Best beach destinations in Africa in September | 11th of 50 | 97/100 |
| Best beach destinations in the world in September | 15th of 50 | 97/100 |
| Best beach destinations in Africa in June | 20th of 50 | 97/100 |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in February | 25th of 50 | 28 °C |
| Warmest sea temperatures in Africa in March | 31st of 50 | 28 °C |
| Best beach destinations in the world in June | 32nd of 50 | 97/100 |
Planning a trip? See the best time to visit Pointe-Noire.
QuestionsCommon questions about Pointe-Noire’s climate
When is the best time to visit Pointe-Noire?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. June, July, August sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and July the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Pointe-Noire get?
In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 29 °C. About 15 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 32 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 20 °C in July, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Pointe-Noire?
November, averaging 223 mm over 26 days with rain. The driest month is July with 4 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,446 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Pointe-Noire rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Data point
- -4.776°, 11.864° (the coordinates the reanalysis values are taken for)
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.