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When to go to Bukavu

Twelve months of averages for Bukavu, and what they say about when to go.

When to go

What the averages say

Mean daily highs and lows and the month's rain, averaged over 2001 to 2020.

Official travel advice warns against all travel to South Kivu at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Wet months (150 mm of rain or more): March, April and October to January.
The warmest month is February (23°C) and the coolest May (22°C). The wettest is November (265 mm) and the driest July (31 mm); about 1,705 mm of rain falls in a year.

Bukavu: highs, lows and rainHighLowRain

The year at a glance

Mild to warm and dry
Mild to warm, humid or showery
Hot
Cool
Wet
Cold

JanWet
FebMild–warm, mixed
MarWet
AprWet
MayMild–warm, mixed
JunMild–warm, mixed
JulMild–warm, dry
AugMild–warm, mixed
SeptMild–warm, mixed
OctWet
NovWet
DecWet

Month by month

Every month in Bukavu

The whole year, with humidity, cloud and the sunlight reaching the ground.

Climate in Bukavu by month: mean daily high and low, rain, and what the month is like
Month	High	Low	Rain	Humidity	Cloud	Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)	High in Dubai	What it is like
January	22°C	15°C	159 mm	80%	90%	4.6	23°C	Wet
February	23°C	15°C	141 mm	77%	88%	5	24°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
March	23°C	15°C	197 mm	79%	88%	5.1	27°C	Wet
April	22°C	14°C	181 mm	83%	90%	5	31°C	Wet
May	22°C	14°C	112 mm	83%	82%	5	35°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
June	22°C	12°C	52 mm	78%	71%	4.7	37°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
July	23°C	12°C	31 mm	73%	68%	4.8	39°C	Mild to warm and dry
August	23°C	13°C	73 mm	71%	78%	4.7	39°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
September	23°C	14°C	127 mm	74%	86%	4.8	37°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
October	23°C	15°C	188 mm	78%	90%	4.8	34°C	Wet
November	22°C	15°C	265 mm	81%	91%	4.5	29°C	Wet
December	22°C	15°C	179 mm	80%	90%	4.5	25°C	Wet

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.

When to go nearby

Travel advice

Official travel advice warns against all travel to South Kivu at present, so we do not offer trips there. This page gives its climate and geography only.

Read the official travel advice (UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Month

High

Low

Rain

Humidity

Cloud

Sunlight (kWh/m²/day)

High in Dubai

What it is like

January

22°C

15°C

159 mm

80%

90%

4.6

23°C

Wet

February

23°C

15°C

141 mm

77%

88%

24°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

March

23°C

15°C

197 mm

79%

88%

5.1

27°C

Wet

April

22°C

14°C

181 mm

83%

90%

31°C

Wet

May

22°C

14°C

112 mm

83%

82%

35°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

June

22°C

12°C

52 mm

78%

71%

4.7

37°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

July

23°C

12°C

31 mm

73%

68%

4.8

39°C

Mild to warm and dry

August

23°C

13°C

73 mm

71%

78%

4.7

39°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

September

23°C

14°C

127 mm

74%

86%

4.8

37°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

October

23°C

15°C

188 mm

78%

90%

4.8

34°C

Wet

November

22°C

15°C

265 mm

81%

91%

4.5

29°C

Wet

December

22°C

15°C

179 mm

80%

90%

4.5

25°C

Wet