Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulungu weather
in June.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
June is a hot month in Bulungu: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 18 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes June a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 52 min on an average June day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (60 km away). In June its highs average 31.4°C, 0.7°C cooler than Bulungu, with 13 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulungu ranks 8th of 60 for the warmest June highs and 37th of 60 for the driest June (rainfall, lowest first). The mean June high of those 60 cities is 29.3°C; Bulungu is 2.8°C warmer than that mean.
From June to July, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 18 mm to 9.0 mm.
The annual picture
June 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
Bulungu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 142 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 137 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 31.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 164 | 23.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 85 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| June, selected | 32.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| July | 33.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 9.0 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| August | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 46 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 116 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 192 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 195 | 25.4 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 169 | 24.8 | 12.412 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
June in nearby cities
- Kikwit in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 20.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Idiofa in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 19.2°C · 17 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Ilebo in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.6°C · 23 mm rain
- Tshikapa in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 320 kmHigh 32.8°C · Low 19.8°C · 6.0 mm rain
- Mweka in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 329 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 22 mm rain
- Masina in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 357 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 6.1 mm rain
- Kinshasa in JuneDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 366 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 4.0 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 Bulungu) is explained once on the Bulungu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.