Pointe Noire weather by month & the best time to visit
🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville · coastal city break · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate
The best time to visit Pointe Noire is July — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 88/100), with June and August close behind. Pointe Noire averages about 1,577 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 24°C / 75°F and roughly 0 mm of rain in July.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,577
- Sunniest month
- July
- Peak score
- 88/100
- Rain / year
- 1,010 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Sea at warmest
- 31°C / 88°F
- Population
- 1M
- Elevation
- 14 m
When is the best time to visit Pointe Noire?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Pointe Noire is July, then June and August. The dullest month is November (60/100, 167 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Pointe Noire?
Pointe Noire isn't a sunny place by world standards: about 1,577 hours of sunshine a year. July (88/100) is noticeably better than November (60). It is the less sunny of the two destinations tracked in Congo - Brazzaville. Rain has a clear season: the wettest stretch, around December, carries about 43% of the annual 1,010 mm.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV | Sea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 63 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 136 mm | 8 | 29° / 84°F |
| February | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 138 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| March | 61 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 145 mm | 9 | 31° / 88°F |
| April | 65 | 28° / 82°F | 26° / 79°F | 121 mm | 9 | 29° / 84°F |
| May | 75 | 27° / 81°F | 24° / 75°F | 70 mm | 7 | 29° / 84°F |
| June | 87 | 25° / 77°F | 22° / 72°F | 2 mm | 6 | 25° / 77°F |
| July | 88 | 24° / 75°F | 20° / 68°F | 0 mm | 5 | 22° / 72°F |
| August | 87 | 24° / 75°F | 21° / 70°F | 2 mm | 5 | 24° / 75°F |
| September | 86 | 26° / 79°F | 22° / 72°F | 10 mm | 6 | 25° / 77°F |
| October | 72 | 27° / 81°F | 24° / 75°F | 86 mm | 7 | 27° / 81°F |
| November | 60 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 167 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
| December | 63 | 27° / 81°F | 25° / 77°F | 133 mm | 8 | 28° / 82°F |
Sea temperature in Pointe Noire by month
The sea off Pointe Noire is warmest in March at around 31°C / 88°F, and coolest in July at 22°C / 72°F. The water sits at a comfortable 21°C or warmer roughly all year round. Month-by-month sea-surface temperatures are in the Sea column of the table above.
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Brazzaville Congo - Brazzaville · 378 km · best in Jul · 1,782 h sun/yr
- Kinshasa Congo - Kinshasa · 397 km · best in Jul · 1,782 h sun/yr
- Luanda Angola · 473 km · best in Jun · 2,101 h sun/yr
- Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) Angola · 503 km · best in Jun · 2,165 h sun/yr
- Libreville Gabon · 648 km · best in Jul · 1,592 h sun/yr
- Yaoundé Cameroon · 950 km · best in Jan · 1,748 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Cabinda Angola · 93 km · 1,496 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Soyo Angola · 157 km · 1,963 h sun/yr · best in Jun
- Gamba Gabon · 304 km · 1,197 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Mbanza Congo Angola · 307 km · 1,756 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Franceville Gabon · 391 km · 1,695 h sun/yr · best in Jul
Head-to-head
How Pointe Noire compares month by month: Pointe Noire vs Kinshasa · Pointe Noire vs Luanda (Ícolo e Bengo) · Pointe Noire vs Luanda · Pointe Noire vs Brazzaville · all comparisons
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