Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakwa weather
in February.
A very hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a very hot month in Bakwa: daytime highs average 34.1°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 30 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes February a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiro (152 km away). In February its highs average 31.6°C, 2.5°C cooler than Bakwa, with 61 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakwa ranks 2nd of 60 for the warmest February highs and 1st of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Bakwa is 4.8°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 2.1°C to 32.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 30 mm to 99 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
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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Isiro in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 152 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Buta in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 33.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 60 mm rain
- Yei in FebruarySouth Sudan · 364 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 15 mm rain
- Wau in FebruarySouth Sudan · 403 kmHigh 37.5°C · Low 23.7°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Arua in FebruaryUganda · 409 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Bunia in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 427 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.2°C · 44 mm rain
- Babamba in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 439 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Hyosha in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 448 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 41 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.