Dzanga-Sangha Special Reserve

Central African Republic

A pristine tropical rainforest offering some of the world's best western lowland gorilla and forest elephant tracking.

Warmest month is February at 33°C on average. Coolest is July at 29°C. Driest reading falls in January with 2 rain days.

Six lead datapoints

MonthAvg highSwingRain days
January32°±2°2
February33°±2°4
March32°±3°14
April32°±3°18
May31°±3°17
June30°±3°19
July29°±2°19
August29°±2°20
September29°±3°24
October30°±3°25
November30°±3°17
December31°±2°6

What to do

  • Track habituated western lowland gorillas through thick jungle
  • Watch dozens of forest elephants gather at the Dzanga Bai clearing
  • Join the local Ba'Aka people for a traditional net-hunting walk
  • Spot rare bongo antelopes and mangabey monkeys

How we know this

Values are the average of the last ten calendar years of daily readings from Visual Crossing, snapped to the destination cluster. Swing is the p10 to p90 range of daily highs, halved for the ± figure. Rain days count any day with at least 1 mm of precipitation.