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When to go to Bangui
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What the averages say
On these averages, Bangui has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in May, June and November.
- Hot months (a mean high of 32°C or more): December to April.
- Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): July to October.
- Humid months (a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more): April to November.
- The warmest month is February (35°C) and the coolest August (29°C). The wettest is August (209 mm) and the driest January (8 mm); about 1,366 mm of rain falls in a year.
How these sentences are worded
Each sentence is written from the figures by fixed rules, and says no more than they do. Mild to warm: a mean daily high from 18°C up to 32°C. Hot: 32°C or more. Cool: 10°C up to 18°C. Cold: under 10°C. Dry: under 50 mm of rain in the month; wet: 150 mm or more. Humid: a high of 25°C or more with relative humidity of 70% or more. A month is described as good for going when it is mild to warm and not wet.
The year at a glance
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
- JanHot
- FebHot
- MarHot
- AprHot
- MayMild–warm, mixed
- JunMild–warm, mixed
- JulWet
- AugWet
- SeptWet
- OctWet
- NovMild–warm, mixed
- DecHot
Month by month
Every month in Bangui
| Month | High | Low | Rain | Humidity | Cloud | Sunlight (kWh/m²/day) | High in Dubai | What it is like |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35°C | 20°C | 8 mm | 51% | 65% | 5.8 | 23°C | Hot |
| February | 35°C | 22°C | 50 mm | 56% | 69% | 5.5 | 24°C | Hot |
| March | 33°C | 23°C | 96 mm | 69% | 73% | 5.4 | 27°C | Hot |
| April | 32°C | 22°C | 107 mm | 75% | 74% | 5.4 | 31°C | Hot |
| May | 31°C | 22°C | 125 mm | 76% | 72% | 5.1 | 35°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| June | 30°C | 22°C | 144 mm | 78% | 76% | 4.7 | 37°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| July | 29°C | 21°C | 187 mm | 78% | 78% | 4.4 | 39°C | Wet |
| August | 29°C | 21°C | 209 mm | 81% | 82% | 4.5 | 39°C | Wet |
| September | 29°C | 21°C | 158 mm | 80% | 79% | 5 | 37°C | Wet |
| October | 29°C | 22°C | 193 mm | 81% | 78% | 5 | 34°C | Wet |
| November | 30°C | 21°C | 77 mm | 76% | 67% | 5.2 | 29°C | Mild to warm, humid or showery |
| December | 33°C | 20°C | 12 mm | 63% | 57% | 5.5 | 25°C | Hot |
The Dubai column is Dubai's mean daily high, for comparison.
Modelled averages for an area about 50 km across, not a weather station's record: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. These data were obtained from the NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC) POWER Project funded through the NASA Earth Science/Applied Science Program.
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