Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunia weather
in December.
A warm, moderately wet month: the 6th warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
December is a warm month in Bunia: daytime highs average 26.1°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 6th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 65 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes December a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average December day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoima (123 km away). In December its highs average 27.3°C, 1.2°C warmer than Bunia, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bunia ranks joint 49th of 60 for the warmest December highs and 10th of 60 for the driest December (rainfall, lowest first). The mean December high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Bunia is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From December to January, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 27.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 65 mm to 34 mm.
The annual picture
December 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 | 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, selected | 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
December in nearby cities
- Hoima in DecemberUganda · 123 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 18.2°C · 166 mm rain
- Hyosha in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 16.7°C · 61 mm rain
- Masindi in DecemberUganda · 163 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 18.4°C · 58 mm rain
- Mubende in DecemberUganda · 169 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.5°C · 72 mm rain
- Arua in DecemberUganda · 178 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 18.4°C · 16 mm rain
- Ibanda in DecemberUganda · 190 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 116 mm rain
- Butembo in DecemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 14.1°C · 105 mm rain
- Mityana in DecemberUganda · 234 kmHigh 25.4°C · Low 17.2°C · 106 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.