Climate averages 1991–2020

Bukama weather
in July.

A hot, very dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year.

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

Average high 33.0°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 19.8°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall <1 mm Almost no rain

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Bukama: daytime highs average 33.0°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.

Rain is very rare: less than 1 mm falls in a typical July (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 38 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Kamina (108 km away). In July its highs average 29.8°C, 3.2°C cooler than Bukama, with almost no rain (under 1 mm).

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukama ranks 8th of 60 for the warmest July highs and joint 1st of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Bukama is 3.6°C warmer than that mean.

From July to August, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 34.6°C, and monthly rainfall stays under 1 mm.

The annual picture

July 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	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, selected	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

July 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.