Climate averages 1991–2020
Babamba weather
in September.
A warm, very wet month: the 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Babamba: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 209 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes September a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (201 km away). In September its highs average 23.2°C, 4.1°C cooler than Babamba, with 206 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Babamba ranks 53rd of 60 for the warmest September highs and 59th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Babamba is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 209 mm to 235 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Butembo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 201 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 206 mm rain
- Hyosha in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Kisangani in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 165 mm rain
- Rutshuru in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 230 mm rain
- Isiro in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 288 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 190 mm rain
- Musanze in SeptemberRwanda · 304 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Rutoma in SeptemberUganda · 333 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.8°C · 116 mm rain
- Bukavu in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.5°C · 85 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.