Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakwa weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Bakwa: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 175 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiro (152 km away). In September its highs average 27.1°C, 1.2°C cooler than Bakwa, with 190 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakwa ranks joint 48th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 54th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Bakwa is 1.4°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 175 mm to 223 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Isiro in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 152 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 190 mm rain
- Buta in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 139 mm rain
- Yei in SeptemberSouth Sudan · 364 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 19.0°C · 178 mm rain
- Wau in SeptemberSouth Sudan · 403 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 155 mm rain
- Arua in SeptemberUganda · 409 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Bunia in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 427 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.5°C · 129 mm rain
- Babamba in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 439 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 209 mm rain
- Hyosha in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 448 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 151 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.