Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakwa weather
in July.
A warm, wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July is a warm month in Bakwa: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes July a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiro (152 km away). In July its highs average 26.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bakwa, with 149 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakwa ranks 41st of 60 for the warmest July highs and 58th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Bakwa is 1.8°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 135 mm to 166 mm.
The annual picture
July 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 | 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Isiro in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 152 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 19.4°C · 149 mm rain
- Buta in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 99 mm rain
- Yei in JulySouth Sudan · 364 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.8°C · 183 mm rain
- Wau in JulySouth Sudan · 403 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.4°C · 166 mm rain
- Arua in JulyUganda · 409 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Bunia in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 427 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 80 mm rain
- Babamba in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 439 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 144 mm rain
- Hyosha in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 448 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 121 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.