Bunia weather by month & the best time to visit

🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa · regional city · tropical — wet & dry seasons climate

The best time to visit Bunia is January — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 86/100), with February and December close behind. Bunia averages about 2,423 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 37 mm of rain in January.

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Sun hours / year

2,423

Sunniest month

January

Peak score

86/100

Rain / year

1,129 mm

Midday UV at peak

11 (extreme)

Population

399k

Elevation

1,242 m

When is the best time to visit Bunia?

For sunshine, the best time to visit Bunia is January, then February and December. The dullest month is September (69/100, 130 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.

How sunny is Bunia?

Bunia gets a moderate 2,423 hours of sunshine a year. January (86/100) is noticeably better than September (69). It ranks #5 of 20 destinations in Congo - Kinshasa for annual sunshine, above the national median of 2,104 hours. The year's 1,129 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.

Sunshine Score by month

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Nearby places for sunshine

• Entebbe Uganda · 300 km · best in Jul · 2,497 h sun/yr
• Kigali Rwanda · 393 km · best in Jul · 2,191 h sun/yr
• Nairobi Kenya · 812 km · best in Jul · 2,913 h sun/yr
• Arusha Tanzania · 943 km · best in Jul · 2,565 h sun/yr
• Mombasa Kenya · 1,214 km · best in Aug · 2,799 h sun/yr
• Addis Ababa Ethiopia · 1,257 km · best in Jan · 3,090 h sun/yr

Nearest destinations

• Arua Uganda · 182 km · 2,596 h sun/yr · best in Jan
• Kihihi Uganda · 260 km · 2,249 h sun/yr · best in Jun
• Gulu Uganda · 266 km · 2,970 h sun/yr · best in Dec
• Kisoro Uganda · 322 km · 2,038 h sun/yr · best in Jul
• Isiro Congo - Kinshasa · 324 km · 2,319 h sun/yr · best in Jan