Climate averages 1991–2020
Buta weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Buta: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 135 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basoko (212 km away). In August its highs average 29.0°C, about as warm as Buta, with 132 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buta ranks 35th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 46th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Buta is 0.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 135 mm to 139 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Basoko in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Kisangani in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Bumba in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 260 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 150 mm rain
- Isiro in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 321 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Bakwa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Lisala in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Babamba in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 421 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Gbadolite in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 160 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.