Climate averages 1991–2020

Buta weather
in July.

A hot, wet month: the 8th warmest and the 4th driest of the year.

Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.

Average high 29.2°C Daytime mean, July

Average low 21.4°C Night-time mean, July

Rainfall 99 mm 19 days with ≥1 mm

Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day

July is a hot month in Buta: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 99 mm of rain on roughly 19 days, which makes July a wet month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average July day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Basoko (212 km away). In July its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Buta, with 102 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buta ranks joint 32nd of 60 for the warmest July highs and 49th of 60 for the driest July (rainfall, lowest first). The mean July high of those 60 cities is 29.5°C; Buta is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From July to August, average highs fall by 0.3°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 99 mm to 135 mm.

The annual picture

July in context

30-year average

Average highAverage low°C

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm

Averages 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

1991–2020

Monthly climate averages for Buta, 1991–2020
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, selected	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

July in nearby cities

Distance from Buta

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 limits

How 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.