Climate averages 1991–2020

Bakwa weather
in June.

A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.0°C Daytime mean, June
Average low 20.8°C Night-time mean, June
Rainfall 132 mm 22 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bakwa · average highYear overview

June is a hot month in Bakwa: daytime highs average 28.0°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes June a wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average June day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiro (152 km away). In June its highs average 27.0°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bakwa, with 134 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakwa ranks joint 41st of 60 for the warmest June highs and 58th of 60 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 60 cities is 29.3°C; Bakwa is 1.2°C cooler than that mean.

From June to July, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 132 mm to 135 mm.

The annual picture

June in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bakwa, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 33.4°C22.0°C22.0°C173.111.912 h
February 34.1°C22.8°C22.8°C305.512.012 h
March 32.0°C22.5°C22.5°C9915.512.112 h
April 29.8°C22.0°C22.0°C18021.812.212 h
May 28.9°C21.5°C21.5°C15522.812.312 h
June, selected 28.0°C20.8°C20.8°C13222.012.412 h
July 27.6°C20.2°C20.2°C13523.612.312 h
August 27.8°C20.3°C20.3°C16625.512.312 h
September 28.2°C20.4°C20.4°C17525.312.112 h
October 28.1°C20.5°C20.5°C22327.712.012 h
November 29.2°C20.7°C20.7°C11817.711.912 h
December 31.4°C21.1°C21.1°C224.311.912 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

June in nearby cities

Distance from Bakwa

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 limits

How 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.