Climate averages 1991–2020
Buta weather
in January.
A hot, fairly dry month: the 2nd warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a hot month in Buta: daytime highs average 32.8°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 33 mm of rain on roughly 6 days, which makes January a fairly dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 59 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basoko (212 km away). In January its highs average 31.7°C, 1.0°C cooler than Buta, with 54 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buta ranks 3rd of 60 for the warmest January highs and 4th of 60 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 60 cities is 28.8°C; Buta is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 33 mm to 60 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Basoko in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 54 mm rain
- Kisangani in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 70 mm rain
- Bumba in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 260 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.1°C · 41 mm rain
- Isiro in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 321 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.9°C · 37 mm rain
- Bakwa in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 22.0°C · 17 mm rain
- Lisala in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 22.8°C · 45 mm rain
- Babamba in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 421 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 76 mm rain
- Gbadolite in JanuaryDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 34.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 15 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.