Pointe-Noire
City in Congo: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Pointe-Noire downtown: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Pointe-Noire is a city in Congo. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 2nd largest city of Congo in our atlas.
It lies at 4.78° S, 11.86° E, about 12 m (39 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Brazzaville time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Pointe-Noire. Green dots: other major cities of Congo. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Pointe-Noire has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 28°C (83°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 20°C (69°F). Around 1,010 mm (40 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Nov.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in CongoNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2255414 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q109505704 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Pointe-Noire downtown: David Stanley, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Stade de Pointe Noire: Dorellkongo, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
