Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukama weather
in September.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a very hot month in Bukama: daytime highs average 35.0°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 11 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes September a very dry month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kamina (108 km away). In September its highs average 30.8°C, 4.2°C cooler than Bukama, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukama ranks 1st of 60 for the warmest September highs and joint 8th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Bukama is 5.4°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 2.2°C to 32.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 11 mm to 76 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kamina in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 108 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.5°C · 35 mm rain
- Kolwezi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 173 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 9.6 mm rain
- Mulongo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.1°C · 28 mm rain
- Kambove in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 203 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 17.6°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Likasi in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 17.3°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Kanyama in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 19.5°C · 90 mm rain
- Manono in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Nchelenge in SeptemberZambia · 316 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 23.3°C · 5.0 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.