Climate averages 1991–2020
Babamba weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Babamba: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 19.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 235 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (201 km away). In October its highs average 22.9°C, 4.2°C cooler than Babamba, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Babamba ranks 53rd of 60 for the warmest October highs and 58th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Babamba is 1.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 235 mm to 207 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Butembo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 201 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Hyosha in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 170 mm rain
- Kisangani in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 186 mm rain
- Rutshuru in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 305 mm rain
- Isiro in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 288 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 229 mm rain
- Musanze in OctoberRwanda · 304 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 201 mm rain
- Rutoma in OctoberUganda · 333 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 15.7°C · 163 mm rain
- Bukavu in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.4°C · 239 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.