Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunia weather
in January.
A warm, fairly dry month: the 3rd warmest and the driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a warm month in Bunia: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 34 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoima (123 km away). In January its highs average 28.7°C, 1.3°C warmer than Bunia, with 66 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bunia ranks joint 44th of 60 for the warmest January highs and 5th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Bunia is 1.3°C cooler than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 34 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Hoima in JanuaryUganda · 123 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 66 mm rain
- Hyosha in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 17.1°C · 35 mm rain
- Masindi in JanuaryUganda · 163 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 19.2°C · 31 mm rain
- Mubende in JanuaryUganda · 169 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 41 mm rain
- Arua in JanuaryUganda · 178 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 19.4°C · 9.7 mm rain
- Ibanda in JanuaryUganda · 190 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 15.9°C · 76 mm rain
- Butembo in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 23.8°C · Low 14.2°C · 53 mm rain
- Mityana in JanuaryUganda · 234 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 74 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.