Climate averages 1991–2020

Buta weather
in November.

A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 28.9°C Daytime mean, November
Average low 21.6°C Night-time mean, November
Rainfall 140 mm 21 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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November is a hot month in Buta: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 140 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes November a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average November day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Basoko (212 km away). In November its highs average 28.8°C, about as warm as Buta, with 149 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buta ranks joint 19th of 60 for the warmest November highs and 10th of 60 for the driest November (rainfall, lowest first). The mean November high of those 60 cities is 28.1°C; Buta is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.

From November to December, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 30.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 140 mm to 43 mm.

The annual picture

November in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2000

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
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 32.8°C21.7°C21.7°C336.212.012 h
February 33.3°C22.4°C22.4°C609.512.012 h
March 31.8°C22.7°C22.7°C12916.512.112 h
April 30.3°C22.5°C22.5°C14319.812.212 h
May 29.9°C22.3°C22.3°C12520.712.212 h
June 29.3°C21.8°C21.8°C10819.112.312 h
July 29.2°C21.4°C21.4°C9918.912.312 h
August 28.8°C21.3°C21.3°C13523.012.212 h
September 29.0°C21.4°C21.4°C13923.112.112 h
October 28.7°C21.5°C21.5°C16924.812.112 h
November, selected 28.9°C21.6°C21.6°C14021.312.012 h
December 30.8°C21.5°C21.5°C439.012.012 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.

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November in nearby cities

Distance from Buta

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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.