Climate averages 1991–2020

Gbadolite weather
in September.

A hot, wet month: the 9th warmest and the 10th driest of the year.

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

Average high 29.3°C Daytime mean, September
Average low 22.0°C Night-time mean, September
Rainfall 151 mm 25 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Gbadolite · average highYear overview

September is a hot month in Gbadolite: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 9th warmest of the 12 months.

Expect about 151 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes September a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average September day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bambari (169 km away). In September its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Gbadolite, with 190 mm of rain.

Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gbadolite ranks joint 34th of 60 for the warmest September highs and joint 47th of 60 for the driest September (rainfall, lowest first). The mean September high of those 60 cities is 29.6°C; Gbadolite is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.

From September to October, average highs stay level at 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 151 mm to 181 mm.

The annual picture

September 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

Gbadolite climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Gbadolite, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 34.4°C22.8°C22.8°C153.011.912 h
February 34.7°C23.8°C23.8°C316.212.012 h
March 33.1°C23.9°C23.9°C9814.812.112 h
April 31.4°C23.6°C23.6°C14718.512.212 h
May 30.6°C23.2°C23.2°C13821.012.312 h
June 29.8°C22.6°C22.6°C11020.212.412 h
July 29.2°C22.0°C22.0°C12622.312.312 h
August 28.9°C21.9°C21.9°C16024.912.312 h
September, selected 29.3°C22.0°C22.0°C15124.612.112 h
October 29.2°C22.2°C22.2°C18126.012.012 h
November 30.3°C22.4°C22.4°C9515.811.912 h
December 32.4°C22.4°C22.4°C204.311.912 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

September in nearby cities

Distance from Gbadolite

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 Gbadolite) is explained once on the Gbadolite year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.