Climate averages 1991–2020
Bumba weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bumba: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 150 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lisala (106 km away). In August its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Bumba, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bumba ranks joint 31st of 60 for the warmest August highs and 48th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Bumba is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 150 mm to 157 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Lisala in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Basoko in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 166 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Binga in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 161 mm rain
- Buta in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 260 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Gbadolite in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 284 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Gemena in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 322 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Kisangani in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 355 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Bambari in AugustCentral African Republic · 445 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 173 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.