Climate averages 1991–2020

Babamba weather
in July.

A warm, wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 27.2°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 19.2°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 144 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a warm month in Babamba: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 144 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes July a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (201 km away). In July its highs average 22.9°C, 4.4°C cooler than Babamba, with 134 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Babamba ranks joint 43rd of 60 for the warmest July highs and 59th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Babamba is 2.2°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 144 mm to 192 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Babamba, 1991–2020
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	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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Babamba

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 limits

How 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.