Climate averages 1991–2020
Bunia weather
in September.
A warm, wet month: the joint 7th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
September is a warm month in Bunia: daytime highs average 26.0°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes September a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average September day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Hoima (123 km away). In September its highs average 26.5°C, about as warm as Bunia, with 280 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bunia ranks 55th of 60 for the warmest September highs and 41st of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Bunia is 3.6°C cooler than that mean.
From September to October, average highs fall by 0.5°C to 25.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 129 mm to 158 mm.
The annual picture
September 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, selected | 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
September in nearby cities
- Hoima in SeptemberUganda · 123 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 18.1°C · 280 mm rain
- Hyosha in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 25.2°C · Low 16.8°C · 151 mm rain
- Masindi in SeptemberUganda · 163 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.1°C · 145 mm rain
- Mubende in SeptemberUganda · 169 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 16.2°C · 102 mm rain
- Arua in SeptemberUganda · 178 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 17.2°C · 105 mm rain
- Ibanda in SeptemberUganda · 190 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 15.6°C · 132 mm rain
- Butembo in SeptemberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 190 kmHigh 23.2°C · Low 14.5°C · 206 mm rain
- Mityana in SeptemberUganda · 234 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 17.0°C · 144 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.