Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakwa weather
in April.
A hot, very wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Bakwa: daytime highs average 29.8°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 180 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiro (152 km away). In April its highs average 28.1°C, 1.7°C cooler than Bakwa, with 188 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakwa ranks 24th of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 50th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Bakwa is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 180 mm to 155 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Bakwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 34.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 30 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 99 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 180 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 155 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 132 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 135 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| August | 27.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 166 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 175 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 223 | 27.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 118 | 17.7 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 22 | 4.3 | 11.912 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
April in nearby cities
- Isiro in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 152 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 188 mm rain
- Buta in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Yei in AprilSouth Sudan · 364 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Wau in AprilSouth Sudan · 403 kmHigh 36.7°C · Low 25.9°C · 58 mm rain
- Arua in AprilUganda · 409 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Bunia in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 427 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 105 mm rain
- Babamba in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 439 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Hyosha in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 448 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 119 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 Bakwa) is explained once on the Bakwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.