Climate averages 1991–2020
Buta weather
in February.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in Buta: daytime highs average 33.3°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 60 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes February a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basoko (212 km away). In February its highs average 32.3°C, 0.9°C cooler than Buta, with 79 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buta ranks 3rd of 60 for the warmest February highs and 7th of 60 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 60 cities is 29.4°C; Buta is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From February to March, average highs fall by 1.5°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 60 mm to 129 mm.
The annual picture
February 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, selected | 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 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Basoko in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.6°C · 79 mm rain
- Kisangani in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 91 mm rain
- Bumba in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 260 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 23.6°C · 70 mm rain
- Isiro in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 321 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 61 mm rain
- Bakwa in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 34.1°C · Low 22.8°C · 30 mm rain
- Lisala in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 23.3°C · 71 mm rain
- Babamba in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 421 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 92 mm rain
- Gbadolite in FebruaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.8°C · 31 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.