Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukavu weather
in February.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a warm month in Bukavu: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 229 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes February a very wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (106 km away). In February its highs average 27.9°C, 3.2°C warmer than Bukavu, with 92 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukavu ranks 59th of 60 for the warmest February highs and 58th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Bukavu is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 24.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 229 mm to 225 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Uvira in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 92 mm rain
- Muhanga in FebruaryRwanda · 109 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 13.0°C · 119 mm rain
- Gitarama in FebruaryRwanda · 112 kmHigh 23.9°C · Low 12.6°C · 119 mm rain
- Bujumbura in FebruaryBurundi · 115 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 92 mm rain
- Musanze in FebruaryRwanda · 141 kmHigh 23.5°C · Low 15.7°C · 168 mm rain
- Kigali in FebruaryRwanda · 148 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 14.8°C · 79 mm rain
- Gitega in FebruaryBurundi · 159 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 77 mm rain
- Rutshuru in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 160 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 125 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.