Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunia weather
in July.
A warm, moderately wet month: the joint 9th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
July 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 80 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes July a moderately wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average July day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoima (123 km away). In July its highs average 26.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Bunia, with 164 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bunia ranks joint 51st of 60 for the warmest July highs and 45th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Bunia is 3.7°C cooler than that mean.
From July to August, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 25.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 80 mm to 109 mm.
The annual picture
July 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, selected | 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
July in nearby cities
- Hoima in JulyUganda · 123 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Hyosha in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 121 mm rain
- Masindi in JulyUganda · 163 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 17.8°C · 92 mm rain
- Mubende in JulyUganda · 169 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.3°C · 36 mm rain
- Arua in JulyUganda · 178 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 113 mm rain
- Ibanda in JulyUganda · 190 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.7°C · 38 mm rain
- Butembo in JulyDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.3°C · 134 mm rain
- Mityana in JulyUganda · 234 kmHigh 24.7°C · Low 16.6°C · 72 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.