Climate averages 1991–2020
Bumba weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the joint 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Bumba: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lisala (106 km away). In April its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Bumba, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bumba ranks joint 4th of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 29th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Bumba is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 30.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 126 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Bumba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 41 | 8.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 70 | 11.2 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 136 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 143 | 21.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 126 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 108 | 19.9 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.2°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 119 | 21.7 | 12.212 h |
| August | 28.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 150 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 157 | 24.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 179 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 145 | 23.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 60 | 11.1 | 12.012 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
April in nearby cities
- Lisala in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Basoko in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 166 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Binga in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 30.4°C · Low 23.1°C · 142 mm rain
- Buta in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 260 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 22.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Gbadolite in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 284 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 147 mm rain
- Gemena in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 322 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.0°C · 138 mm rain
- Kisangani in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 355 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 161 mm rain
- Bambari in AprilCentral African Republic · 445 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 23.9°C · 119 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 Bumba) is explained once on the Bumba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.