Climate averages 1991–2020
Buta weather
in April.
A hot, wet month: the 5th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Buta: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 143 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes April a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basoko (212 km away). In April its highs average 30.3°C, about as warm as Buta, with 142 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buta ranks joint 10th of 60 for the warmest April highs and joint 29th of 60 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 60 cities is 28.7°C; Buta is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 29.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 143 mm to 125 mm.
The annual picture
April 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
Buta climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 33.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 60 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 129 | 16.5 | 12.112 h |
| April, selected | 30.3°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 143 | 19.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 125 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 108 | 19.1 | 12.312 h |
| July | 29.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 99 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| August | 28.8°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 135 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 139 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 169 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 140 | 21.3 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.8°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 43 | 9.0 | 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
April in nearby cities
- Basoko in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.5°C · 142 mm rain
- Kisangani in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.7°C · 161 mm rain
- Bumba in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 260 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.5°C · 143 mm rain
- Isiro in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 321 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 188 mm rain
- Bakwa in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 29.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 180 mm rain
- Lisala in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 142 mm rain
- Babamba in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 421 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 182 mm rain
- Gbadolite in AprilDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 23.6°C · 147 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 Buta) is explained once on the Buta year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.