Climate averages 1991–2020
Babamba weather
in February.
A hot, wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Babamba: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 92 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes February a wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (201 km away). In February its highs average 24.9°C, 5.1°C cooler than Babamba, with 58 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Babamba ranks joint 24th of 60 for the warmest February highs and joint 14th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Babamba is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 92 mm to 153 mm.
The annual picture
February in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Babamba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 76 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| February, selected | 30.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 92 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 153 | 21.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 182 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 177 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 143 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 144 | 22.9 | 12.112 h |
| August | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 192 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 209 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 235 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 207 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
February in nearby cities
- Butembo in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 201 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Hyosha in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Kisangani in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Rutshuru in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 125 mm rain
- Isiro in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 288 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Musanze in FebruaryRwanda · 304 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 168 mm rain
- Rutoma in FebruaryUganda · 333 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 16.9°C · 80 mm rain
- Bukavu in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.2°C · 229 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Babamba) is explained once on the Babamba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.