Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukama weather
in November.
A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a hot month in Bukama: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes November a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kamina (108 km away). In November its highs average 26.7°C, 3.4°C cooler than Bukama, with 210 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukama ranks joint 2nd of 60 for the warmest November highs and joint 20th of 60 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Bukama is 2.0°C warmer than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 28.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 156 mm to 229 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Kamina in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 108 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.3°C · 210 mm rain
- Kolwezi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 17.2°C · 158 mm rain
- Mulongo in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 200 mm rain
- Kambove in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 17.2°C · 156 mm rain
- Likasi in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 17.6°C · 145 mm rain
- Kanyama in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 19.0°C · 199 mm rain
- Manono in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.8°C · 194 mm rain
- Nchelenge in NovemberZambia · 316 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 22.8°C · 189 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.