Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakwa weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the 9th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Bakwa: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 20.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 223 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes October a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiro (152 km away). In October its highs average 26.7°C, 1.4°C cooler than Bakwa, with 229 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakwa ranks joint 47th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 55th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Bakwa is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 223 mm to 118 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Isiro in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 152 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 229 mm rain
- Buta in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.5°C · 169 mm rain
- Yei in OctoberSouth Sudan · 364 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.3°C · 225 mm rain
- Wau in OctoberSouth Sudan · 403 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 22.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Arua in OctoberUganda · 409 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Bunia in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 427 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.7°C · 158 mm rain
- Babamba in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 439 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 235 mm rain
- Hyosha in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 448 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 170 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.