Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukavu weather
in November.
A warm, very wet month: the 11th warmest and one of the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
November is a warm month in Bukavu: daytime highs average 24.0°C and nights cool to about 16.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 310 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes November a very wet month (one of the wettest months of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 14 min on an average November day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (106 km away). In November its highs average 27.0°C, 3.0°C warmer than Bukavu, with 60 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukavu ranks 59th of 60 for the warmest November highs and 60th of 60 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Bukavu is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From November to December, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 23.9°C, and monthly rainfall stays at 310 mm.
The annual picture
November 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 | 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, selected | 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
November in nearby cities
- Uvira in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 23.0°C · 60 mm rain
- Muhanga in NovemberRwanda · 109 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 12.4°C · 123 mm rain
- Gitarama in NovemberRwanda · 112 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 12.0°C · 123 mm rain
- Bujumbura in NovemberBurundi · 115 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 22.3°C · 60 mm rain
- Musanze in NovemberRwanda · 141 kmHigh 22.3°C · Low 14.9°C · 222 mm rain
- Kigali in NovemberRwanda · 148 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 14.1°C · 130 mm rain
- Gitega in NovemberBurundi · 159 kmHigh 22.5°C · Low 14.6°C · 102 mm rain
- Rutshuru in NovemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 160 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 14.9°C · 287 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.