Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulungu weather
in September.
A hot, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a hot month in Bulungu: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 116 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes September a wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (60 km away). In September its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Bulungu, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulungu ranks 10th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 36th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Bulungu is 1.9°C warmer than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 1.2°C to 30.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 116 mm to 192 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
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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Kikwit in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 21.4°C · 106 mm rain
- Idiofa in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 20.1°C · 123 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 22.9°C · 99 mm rain
- Ilebo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 123 mm rain
- Tshikapa in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 320 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 92 mm rain
- Mweka in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 329 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 132 mm rain
- Masina in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 357 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 21.7°C · 19 mm rain
- Kinshasa in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 366 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.7°C · 16 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.