Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunia weather
in April.
A warm, wet month: the 4th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a warm month in Bunia: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 18.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 105 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes April a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoima (123 km away). In April its highs average 27.1°C, 0.8°C warmer than Bunia, with 291 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bunia ranks 50th of 60 for the warmest April highs and 13th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Bunia is 2.4°C cooler than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.2°C to 26.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 105 mm to 84 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
Bunia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.4°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 34 | 7.1 | 12.012 h |
| February | 28.4°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 44 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 27.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 97 | 14.3 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 26.3°C18.4°C | 18.4°C | 105 | 17.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.2°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 84 | 15.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 26.0°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 82 | 15.5 | 12.212 h |
| July | 25.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 80 | 16.4 | 12.212 h |
| August | 25.7°C17.3°C | 17.3°C | 109 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| September | 26.0°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 129 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.5°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 158 | 24.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 125 | 18.9 | 12.012 h |
| December | 26.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 65 | 10.8 | 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
- Hoima in AprilUganda · 123 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 18.8°C · 291 mm rain
- Hyosha in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.7°C · 119 mm rain
- Masindi in AprilUganda · 163 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 19.2°C · 171 mm rain
- Mubende in AprilUganda · 169 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.1°C · 119 mm rain
- Arua in AprilUganda · 178 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 19.1°C · 80 mm rain
- Ibanda in AprilUganda · 190 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 15.6°C · 172 mm rain
- Butembo in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.4°C · 180 mm rain
- Mityana in AprilUganda · 234 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 17.8°C · 183 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 Bunia) is explained once on the Bunia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.