Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunia weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bunia: daytime highs average 25.7°C and nights cool to about 17.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 109 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 10 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoima (123 km away). In August its highs average 26.4°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bunia, with 231 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bunia ranks 57th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 44th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Bunia is 4.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 26.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 109 mm to 129 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
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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Hoima in AugustUganda · 123 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 231 mm rain
- Hyosha in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Masindi in AugustUganda · 163 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 133 mm rain
- Mubende in AugustUganda · 169 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Arua in AugustUganda · 178 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Ibanda in AugustUganda · 190 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Butembo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Mityana in AugustUganda · 234 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 124 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.