Bukama weather in June

In June, Bukama sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0.1 wet days and about 11.5 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in June, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of June to 11 h 30 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Bukama's 2nd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bukama's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
4th warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
0 mm
0.1 wet days
Daylight
11 h 30 min
6:33 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
24%
2nd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.73 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Bukama is place in Haut-Lomami, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical June day in Bukama reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs on par with May and on par with July.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How June really feels in Bukama

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 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
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in June is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Bukama weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 4th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 21°2672612.53.6
Feb29° / 21°19320.412.33.7
Mar29° / 21°15720.412.13.9
Apr30° / 21°6011.111.84.6
May33° / 21°51.211.64.6
Jun33° / 20°00.111.55.0
Jul33° / 20°0011.55.0
Aug34° / 21°10.311.74.0
Sep34° / 22°113.211.93.3
Oct32° / 22°7615.212.23.3
Nov30° / 21°15622.612.43.4
Dec28° / 21°22925.112.53.5

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 75% of the time in June.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 14%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18515
28515
38515
48614
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Bukama gets around 0 mm of rain over 0.1 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, June lands in the dry band about 92% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

0%25%50%75%100%151015202530
Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1692371
2722161
3741961
4771850
5801640
6821440
7841240
8861130
988930
1090820
1192620
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1394420
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2999100
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Wind in June

Winds average 7 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
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67calm
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117calm
127calm
137calm
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308calm

Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 min at the start of June to 11 h 30 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 6:29 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 5:59 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.56:295:59
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1911.56:346:01
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.73 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.31 kWh/m² in September across the year — June's 5.73 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Bukama

In seasonPeak

None of Bukama's seasonal hazards are active in June. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Bukama's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is June a good time to visit Bukama?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

June is a reasonable time to visit Bukama for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bukama in June

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

In June, Bukama sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bukama in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bukama peaks around March 11 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 11UV 15Aug 14UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep10Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Bukama in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Bukama is worst in August — around 144 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 15.3× the cleanest month (April, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodAug 16138 µg/m³Apr 910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar10Good
Apr9Good
May27Moderate
Jun64Unhealthy
Jul102Unhealthy
Aug144Unhealthy
Sep90Unhealthy
Oct29Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Bukama?

Bukama sits at 9.2°S, 25.9°E, 578 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kamina, 108 km away.

KipambaFungurumeMalemba-NkuluKolweziMalembaMulongoKambove

Topography around Bukama

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bukama has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 68 m around an average of 592 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 273 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,115 m.

The land around Bukama is covered by grassland (43%) and shrubs (24%) within 3 km, grassland (35%), trees (32%) and shrubs (23%) within 16 km, and trees (61%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
68 m
16 km
273 m
80 km
1,115 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
June weather nearby: Kamina 108 km · Kipamba 127 km · Fungurume 165 km · Malemba-Nkulu 165 km · Kolwezi 173 km · Malemba 194 km · Mulongo 198 km · Kambove 203 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 Bukama (-9.2044°, 25.8547°, elevation 578 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).