Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukavu weather
in September.
A warm, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Bukavu: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 16.5°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 85 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes September a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 06 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (106 km away). In September its highs average 28.1°C, 2.2°C warmer than Bukavu, with 6.8 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukavu ranks joint 56th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 26th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Bukavu is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 24.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 85 mm to 239 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Uvira in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 24.0°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Muhanga in SeptemberRwanda · 109 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 13.3°C · 54 mm rain
- Gitarama in SeptemberRwanda · 112 kmHigh 24.2°C · Low 12.9°C · 54 mm rain
- Bujumbura in SeptemberBurundi · 115 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.8 mm rain
- Musanze in SeptemberRwanda · 141 kmHigh 23.4°C · Low 15.5°C · 114 mm rain
- Kigali in SeptemberRwanda · 148 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.0°C · 54 mm rain
- Gitega in SeptemberBurundi · 159 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.1°C · 16 mm rain
- Rutshuru in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 160 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.2°C · 230 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.