Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukavu weather
in October.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Bukavu: daytime highs average 24.7°C and nights cool to about 16.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 239 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (106 km away). In October its highs average 27.8°C, 3.1°C warmer than Bukavu, with 28 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukavu ranks 59th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 59th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Bukavu is 4.1°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 24.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 239 mm to 310 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Uvira in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 23.7°C · 28 mm rain
- Muhanga in OctoberRwanda · 109 kmHigh 23.3°C · Low 12.9°C · 115 mm rain
- Gitarama in OctoberRwanda · 112 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 12.6°C · 115 mm rain
- Bujumbura in OctoberBurundi · 115 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.9°C · 28 mm rain
- Musanze in OctoberRwanda · 141 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 15.1°C · 201 mm rain
- Kigali in OctoberRwanda · 148 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 117 mm rain
- Gitega in OctoberBurundi · 159 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 15.6°C · 67 mm rain
- Rutshuru in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 160 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.1°C · 305 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.