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When to go to Goma

Twelve months of averages for Goma, 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 North 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 December.
The warmest month is February (22°C) and the coolest June (21°C). The wettest is November (218 mm) and the driest July (45 mm); about 1,694 mm of rain falls in a year.

Goma: highs, lows and rainHighLowRain

The year at a glance

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

JanMild–warm, mixed
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 Goma

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

Climate in Goma 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	13°C	126 mm	79%	82%	4.8	23°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
February	22°C	14°C	127 mm	76%	84%	5	24°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
March	22°C	14°C	206 mm	79%	86%	4.9	27°C	Wet
April	22°C	13°C	183 mm	83%	90%	4.7	31°C	Wet
May	21°C	13°C	142 mm	84%	85%	4.6	35°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
June	21°C	13°C	74 mm	78%	72%	4.7	37°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
July	21°C	12°C	45 mm	72%	66%	4.9	39°C	Mild to warm and dry
August	22°C	13°C	91 mm	71%	76%	4.8	39°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
September	22°C	14°C	139 mm	75%	82%	5	37°C	Mild to warm, humid or showery
October	22°C	13°C	190 mm	80%	87%	4.9	34°C	Wet
November	21°C	13°C	218 mm	82%	88%	4.6	29°C	Wet
December	21°C	13°C	153 mm	82%	84%	4.7	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.

The model's grid cell sits about 507 m higher than the town, so real temperatures there run a little warmer than these.

When to go nearby

Travel advice

Official travel advice warns against all travel to North 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

13°C

126 mm

79%

82%

4.8

23°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

February

22°C

14°C

127 mm

76%

84%

24°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

March

22°C

14°C

206 mm

79%

86%

4.9

27°C

Wet

April

22°C

13°C

183 mm

83%

90%

4.7

31°C

Wet

May

21°C

13°C

142 mm

84%

85%

4.6

35°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

June

21°C

13°C

74 mm

78%

72%

4.7

37°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

July

21°C

12°C

45 mm

72%

66%

4.9

39°C

Mild to warm and dry

August

22°C

13°C

91 mm

71%

76%

4.8

39°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

September

22°C

14°C

139 mm

75%

82%

37°C

Mild to warm, humid or showery

October

22°C

13°C

190 mm

80%

87%

4.9

34°C

Wet

November

21°C

13°C

218 mm

82%

88%

4.6

29°C

Wet

December

21°C

13°C

153 mm

82%

84%

4.7

25°C

Wet