Bakwa weather in July

In July, Bakwa sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 136 mm of rain across 23.6 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in July, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of July to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Bakwa's 8th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bakwa's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 20°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 136 mm; 23.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:10 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 8th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.94 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.3; out of 10

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Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical July day in Bakwa reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs on par with June and on par with August.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	20
20	28	20
21	28	20
22	28	20
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

How July really feels in Bakwa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bakwa weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 22°	17	3.1	11.8	3.9
Feb	34° / 22°	29	5.4	11.9	3.3
Mar	32° / 22°	100	15.5	12	3.3
Apr	30° / 22°	180	21.8	12.1	3.4
May	29° / 21°	155	22.9	12.2	3.8
Jun	28° / 21°	132	22.1	12.2	4.1
Jul	28° / 20°	136	23.6	12.2	4.3
Aug	28° / 20°	166	25.6	12.1	4.0
Sep	28° / 20°	175	25.4	12	3.6
Oct	28° / 21°	224	27.7	11.9	3.4
Nov	29° / 21°	118	17.7	11.8	4.2
Dec	31° / 21°	22	4.3	11.8	4.9

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in July.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	20	20	20	20	20	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	23	23	24	24	24	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	19	19	18	19	19	18	18
Cloudier (%)	80	80	80	80	80	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	77	77	76	76	76	78	78	78	78	79	79	80	81	81	82	81	81	82	82

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	18	82

Chance of precipitation in July

Any precipitation

Bakwa gets around 136 mm of rain over 23.6 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 77% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	75
4	74
5	74
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	74
10	74
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	76
16	76
17	76
18	77
19	77
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	79
28	79
29	80
30	80
31	80

Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of July feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, July lands in the muggy band about 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	78	79	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	88	89	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88
Oppressive (%)	22	21	20	19	18	17	16	15	14	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	78	22
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	85	15
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	88	12
31	88	12

Wind in July

Winds average 5 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in July

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of July to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:07 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:21 PM to 6:22 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11
Sunset (PM)	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	6:07	6:21
2	12.2	6:07	6:21
3	12.2	6:07	6:21
4	12.2	6:07	6:21
5	12.2	6:08	6:21
6	12.2	6:08	6:22
7	12.2	6:08	6:22
8	12.2	6:08	6:22
9	12.2	6:08	6:22
10	12.2	6:08	6:22
11	12.2	6:09	6:22
12	12.2	6:09	6:22
13	12.2	6:09	6:22
14	12.2	6:09	6:22
15	12.2	6:09	6:23
16	12.2	6:10	6:23
17	12.2	6:10	6:23
18	12.2	6:10	6:23
19	12.2	6:10	6:23
20	12.2	6:10	6:23
21	12.2	6:10	6:23
22	12.2	6:10	6:23
23	12.2	6:10	6:23
24	12.2	6:11	6:23
25	12.2	6:11	6:23
26	12.2	6:11	6:23
27	12.2	6:11	6:22
28	12.2	6:11	6:22
29	12.2	6:11	6:22
30	12.2	6:11	6:22
31	12.2	6:11	6:22

Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.94 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in February across the year — July's 4.94 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in July

Is July a good time to visit Bakwa?

Our two travel scores rate July for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

4.3

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

July is a reasonable time to visit Bakwa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bakwa in July

From July's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In July, Bakwa sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bakwa in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bakwa peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 10 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	14	13	12	10	10	13	12	13	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Bakwa in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Bakwa is worst in January — around 74 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.4× the cleanest month (October, 8 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	74	66	36	15	10	15	15	11	8	8	16	52
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	74	Unhealthy
Feb	66	Unhealthy
Mar	36	Poor
Apr	15	Moderate
May	10	Good
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	8	Good
Oct	8	Good
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	52	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Bakwa?

Bakwa sits at 4.1°N, 27.4°E, 666 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Yambio, 121 km away.

Topography around Bakwa

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Bakwa.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bakwa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 673 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 332 m.

The land around Bakwa is covered by trees (52%) and shrubs (33%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and shrubs (38%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km

50 m

trees 52%

16 km

80 m

trees 46%

80 km

332 m

trees 73%

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← June Bakwa year-round climate August →Best places to visit in July

July weather nearby: Yambio 121 km · Isiro 152 km · Wamba 230 km · Watsa 267 km · Zemio 270 km · Buta 331 km · Yei 364 km · Tonj 378 km

Democratic Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $807; 2025
Happiness: 3.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 12%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 34.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Very low; EF EPI 400

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Bakwa (4.1263°, 27.3953°, elevation 666 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	20
20	28	20
21	28	20
22	28	20
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	75
4	74
5	74
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	74
10	74
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	76
16	76
17	76
18	77
19	77
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	79
28	79
29	80
30	80
31	80

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	78	22
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	85	15
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	88	12
31	88	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	20
20	28	20
21	28	20
22	28	20
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	75
4	74
5	74
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	74
10	74
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	76
16	76
17	76
18	77
19	77
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	79
28	79
29	80
30	80
31	80

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	78	22
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	85	15
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	88	12
31	88	12

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	20
2	28	20
3	28	20
4	28	20
5	28	20
6	28	20
7	28	20
8	28	20
9	28	20
10	28	20
11	28	20
12	28	20
13	28	20
14	28	20
15	28	20
16	28	20
17	28	20
18	28	20
19	28	20
20	28	20
21	28	20
22	28	20
23	28	20
24	28	20
25	28	20
26	28	20
27	28	20
28	28	20
29	28	20
30	28	20
31	28	20

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	20	80
2	20	80
3	20	80
4	20	80
5	20	80
6	21	79
7	21	79
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	23	77
14	23	77
15	24	76
16	24	76
17	24	76
18	22	78
19	22	78
20	22	78
21	22	78
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	75
2	75
3	75
4	74
5	74
6	74
7	74
8	74
9	74
10	74
11	75
12	75
13	75
14	75
15	76
16	76
17	76
18	77
19	77
20	78
21	78
22	78
23	79
24	79
25	79
26	79
27	79
28	79
29	80
30	80
31	80

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	78	22
2	79	21
3	80	20
4	81	19
5	82	18
6	83	17
7	84	16
8	85	15
9	86	14
10	87	13
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	89	11
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	90	10
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	88	12
31	88	12