Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunia weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Bunia: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 18.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoima (123 km away). In February its highs average 30.1°C, 1.6°C warmer than Bunia, with 63 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bunia ranks joint 43rd of 60 for the warmest February highs and 4th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Bunia is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 0.9°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 97 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Hoima in FebruaryUganda · 123 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 19.5°C · 63 mm rain
- Hyosha in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 17.7°C · 41 mm rain
- Masindi in FebruaryUganda · 163 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 33 mm rain
- Mubende in FebruaryUganda · 169 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 17.6°C · 44 mm rain
- Arua in FebruaryUganda · 178 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 20.1°C · 17 mm rain
- Ibanda in FebruaryUganda · 190 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 80 mm rain
- Butembo in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 58 mm rain
- Mityana in FebruaryUganda · 234 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 17.8°C · 78 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.