Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukavu weather
in January.
A warm, very wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Bukavu: daytime highs average 24.2°C and nights cool to about 16.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 302 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes January a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (106 km away). In January its highs average 27.4°C, 3.2°C warmer than Bukavu, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukavu ranks 58th of 60 for the warmest January highs and 60th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Bukavu is 4.6°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 302 mm to 229 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Uvira in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 147 mm rain
- Muhanga in JanuaryRwanda · 109 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Gitarama in JanuaryRwanda · 112 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.4°C · 134 mm rain
- Bujumbura in JanuaryBurundi · 115 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 22.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Musanze in JanuaryRwanda · 141 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 186 mm rain
- Kigali in JanuaryRwanda · 148 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 14.5°C · 77 mm rain
- Gitega in JanuaryBurundi · 159 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 14.7°C · 85 mm rain
- Rutshuru in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 160 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.3°C · 121 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.