Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukavu weather
in April.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Bukavu: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 202 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes April a very wet month (the 6th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (106 km away). In April its highs average 27.0°C, 2.7°C warmer than Bukavu, with 115 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukavu ranks 59th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 59th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Bukavu is 4.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs stay level at 24.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 202 mm to 93 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Bukavu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 302 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| February | 24.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 229 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 24.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 225 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 24.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 202 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 93 | 13.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 24 | 4.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 25.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 8.9 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| August | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| September | 25.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 85 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 239 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 24.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 310 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 23.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 310 | 25.1 | 12.312 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
April in nearby cities
- Uvira in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.1°C · 115 mm rain
- Muhanga in AprilRwanda · 109 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.7°C · 135 mm rain
- Gitarama in AprilRwanda · 112 kmHigh 22.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 135 mm rain
- Bujumbura in AprilBurundi · 115 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 115 mm rain
- Musanze in AprilRwanda · 141 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 15.1°C · 200 mm rain
- Kigali in AprilRwanda · 148 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 15.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Gitega in AprilBurundi · 159 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 14.6°C · 123 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 160 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.9°C · 217 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 Bukavu) is explained once on the Bukavu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.