Climate averages 1991–2020
Buta weather
in October.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in Buta: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 169 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes October a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Basoko (212 km away). In October its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Buta, with 172 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Buta ranks joint 37th of 60 for the warmest October highs and 37th of 60 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 60 cities is 28.9°C; Buta is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 169 mm to 140 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Basoko in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 172 mm rain
- Kisangani in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.9°C · 186 mm rain
- Bumba in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 260 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.4°C · 179 mm rain
- Isiro in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 321 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 229 mm rain
- Bakwa in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 20.5°C · 223 mm rain
- Lisala in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 185 mm rain
- Babamba in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 421 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 19.4°C · 235 mm rain
- Gbadolite in OctoberDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 181 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.