Bunia, DR Congo climate

Af Tropical rainforest

Bunia has a remarkably steady warm-temperate climate (Tropical rainforest, Köppen Af). The hottest month is February with an average daily high near 32°C, while the coldest is November averaging around 18°C at night. Around 1466 mm of precipitation falls each year, peaking in October (191 mm) and easing off in January (62 mm).

☀️ All year

Hot

Daytime highs near 32°C most of the year.

About 43 days a year above 32 °C

🌙 Nights

Stays warm

Even the coolest nights stay near 18°C.

🌧️ Rain

Wet

About 1466 mm of rain a year.

Wettest in October

⛅ Sky & trend

Often grey

Overcast skies dominate much of the year.

Temperature & precipitation

Daily high–low temperature range with the monthly average, plus monthly precipitation · 1991–2020 normals · hover a month for the exact figures

Hours of sunshine per day

Estimated sunny hours each month — daylight length × clear-sky fraction · 1991–2020 monthly cloud cover (NASA POWER)

Bunia climate normals (1991–2020)

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	31	32	30	28	27	27	28	27	28	27	26	29
Avg temp (°C)	24	25	24	23	23	23	22	22	23	22	22	23
Avg low (°C)	18	18	19	19	18	18	17	18	18	18	18	17
Precipitation (mm)	62	75	145	142	103	89	88	131	151	191	175	113

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Avg high (°C)	31	32	30	28	27	27
Avg temp (°C)	24	25	24	23	23	23
Avg low (°C)	18	18	19	19	18	18
Precipitation (mm)	62	75	145	142	103	89

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg high (°C)	28	27	28	27	26	29
Avg temp (°C)	22	22	23	22	22	23
Avg low (°C)	17	18	18	18	18	17
Precipitation (mm)	88	131	151	191	175	113

How often — frequency of weather events

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	12	15	8	2	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.1	4

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	12	15	8	2	0.5	0.6

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Days with high ≥ 32°C (days)	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.1	4

Sky & atmosphere

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	72	76	82	82	76	75	77	79	82	84	81	72
Relative humidity (%)	65	63	73	79	81	77	75	77	78	81	81	73
Wind speed (mph)	3.2	3.2	2.8	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.8

Jan – Jun	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun
Cloud cover (%)	72	76	82	82	76	75
Relative humidity (%)	65	63	73	79	81	77
Wind speed (mph)	3.2	3.2	2.8	2.5	2.5	2.5

Jul – Dec	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Cloud cover (%)	77	79	82	84	81	72
Relative humidity (%)	75	77	78	81	81	73
Wind speed (mph)	2.5	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.5	2.8

Methodology & sources

Temperature & precipitation — modelled for this location from ERA5-Land reanalysis, a ~9 km global grid, because no long-record weather station is close enough to use.

Cloud, humidity, wind & sunshine — modelled estimates from NASA POWER, NASA's satellite-and-reanalysis climatology. This is the standard global source for atmospheric variables, which are not measured at most weather stations.

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