Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukama weather
in April.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 7th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Bukama: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kamina (108 km away). In April its highs average 27.3°C, 3.3°C cooler than Bukama, with 89 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukama ranks joint 4th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 6th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Bukama is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs rise by 2.4°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 60 mm to 5.3 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Bukama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 267 | 26.0 | 12.613 h |
| February | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 196 | 20.6 | 12.412 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 157 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| April, selected | 30.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 60 | 11.1 | 11.912 h |
| May | 32.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| June | 32.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 33.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August | 34.6°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0.7 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 35.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 11 | 3.2 | 12.012 h |
| October | 32.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 76 | 15.0 | 12.312 h |
| November | 30.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 156 | 22.6 | 12.513 h |
| December | 28.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 229 | 25.1 | 12.613 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
April in nearby cities
- Kamina in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 108 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.7°C · 89 mm rain
- Kolwezi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Mulongo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 109 mm rain
- Kambove in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.3°C · 51 mm rain
- Likasi in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 51 mm rain
- Kanyama in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Manono in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 97 mm rain
- Nchelenge in AprilZambia · 316 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 132 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 Bukama) is explained once on the Bukama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.