Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulungu weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Bulungu: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (60 km away). In October its highs average 29.8°C, about as warm as Bulungu, with 167 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulungu ranks joint 11th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 49th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Bulungu is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 192 mm to 195 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Kikwit in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 167 mm rain
- Idiofa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 168 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 22.6°C · 178 mm rain
- Ilebo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 149 mm rain
- Tshikapa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 320 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 134 mm rain
- Mweka in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 329 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 173 mm rain
- Masina in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 357 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 124 mm rain
- Kinshasa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 366 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 22.5°C · 112 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.