Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunia weather
in October.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a warm month in Bunia: daytime highs average 25.5°C and nights cool to about 17.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 158 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 05 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoima (123 km away). In October its highs average 26.0°C, 0.5°C warmer than Bunia, with 376 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bunia ranks 56th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 29th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Bunia is 3.4°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 158 mm to 125 mm.
The annual picture
October 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Hoima in OctoberUganda · 123 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 18.3°C · 376 mm rain
- Hyosha in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 16.9°C · 170 mm rain
- Masindi in OctoberUganda · 163 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 18.3°C · 193 mm rain
- Mubende in OctoberUganda · 169 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.4°C · 144 mm rain
- Arua in OctoberUganda · 178 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 17.6°C · 118 mm rain
- Ibanda in OctoberUganda · 190 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 15.6°C · 183 mm rain
- Butembo in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Mityana in OctoberUganda · 234 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 17.4°C · 182 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.