Climate averages 1991–2020

Bumba weather
in October.

A hot, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 28.8°C Daytime mean, October
Average low 22.4°C Night-time mean, October
Rainfall 179 mm 26 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Bumba · average highYear overview

October is a hot month in Bumba: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average October day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Lisala (106 km away). In October its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Bumba, with 185 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bumba ranks joint 34th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 43rd of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Bumba is level with that mean.

From October to November, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 179 mm to 145 mm.

The annual picture

October in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 20253035 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

Averages 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

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Bumba, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 32.3°C23.1°C23.1°C418.212.012 h
February 32.7°C23.6°C23.6°C7011.212.012 h
March 31.6°C23.6°C23.6°C13618.512.112 h
April 30.5°C23.5°C23.5°C14321.012.212 h
May 30.1°C23.4°C23.4°C12621.212.212 h
June 29.5°C22.8°C22.8°C10819.912.212 h
July 29.2°C22.3°C22.3°C11921.712.212 h
August 28.9°C22.2°C22.2°C15024.312.212 h
September 29.1°C22.4°C22.4°C15724.712.112 h
October, selected 28.8°C22.4°C22.4°C17925.812.112 h
November 29.0°C22.6°C22.6°C14523.012.012 h
December 30.5°C22.9°C22.9°C6011.112.012 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

October in nearby cities

Distance from Bumba

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 limits

How 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.