Climate averages 1991–2020

Bukama weather
in February.

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

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

Average high 28.9°C Daytime mean, February

Average low 21.5°C Night-time mean, February

Rainfall 196 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

February is a hot month in Bukama: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 196 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average February day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kamina (108 km away). In February its highs average 26.8°C, 2.2°C cooler than Bukama, with 180 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukama ranks joint 38th of 60 for the warmest February highs and 53rd of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Bukama is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.

From February to March, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 196 mm to 157 mm.

The annual picture

February in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Bukama, 1991–2020
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, selected	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	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

February in nearby cities

Distance from Bukama

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 Bukama) is explained once on the Bukama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.