Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukama weather
in October.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Bukama: daytime highs average 32.9°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 76 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes October a moderately wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kamina (108 km away). In October its highs average 28.4°C, 4.4°C cooler than Bukama, with 123 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukama ranks 1st of 60 for the warmest October highs and 13th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Bukama is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 2.8°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 76 mm to 156 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kamina in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 108 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Kolwezi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 61 mm rain
- Mulongo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 119 mm rain
- Kambove in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.4°C · 45 mm rain
- Likasi in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 18.5°C · 37 mm rain
- Kanyama in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.3°C · 168 mm rain
- Manono in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 120 mm rain
- Nchelenge in OctoberZambia · 316 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 23.8°C · 59 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.