Bouansa weather in October

In October, Bouansa sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 96 mm of rain across 17.4 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in October, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, October is Bouansa's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bouansa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
22°
9th coldest
Rainfall
96 mm
17.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
5:47 AM – 5:53 PM
Cloud cover
77%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
4.38 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Bouansa is town in Bouenza Region, Republic of the Congo.

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

Temperature in October

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical October day in Bouansa reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, October runs about 1°C warmer than September and on par with November.

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How October really feels in Bouansa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, October averages 23 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
23
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Bouansa weather by month

How October compares with the rest of the year at a glance. October is the 4th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°13722.912.23.5
Feb30° / 22°11718.812.13.4
Mar31° / 22°12921.3123.2
Apr31° / 22°16722.911.93.1
May30° / 22°8617.111.84.3
Jun28° / 20°51.111.87.2
Jul27° / 19°10.311.87.4
Aug27° / 19°4111.97.1
Sep29° / 21°154.9125.8
Oct30° / 22°9617.412.14.0
Nov30° / 22°17825.312.23.2
Dec29° / 22°17626.112.23.3

Cloud cover in October

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in October.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of October, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 86%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in October

Any precipitation

Bouansa gets around 96 mm of rain over 17.4 wet days in October. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 56% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in October

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, October lands in the muggy band about 55% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 99% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
128810
228711
328513
418415
518316
618118
717920
817623
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1017227
1116930
1216633
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Wind in October

Winds average 6 km/h in October.

Across October, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in October

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of October to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over October. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:44 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 5:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.05:535:55
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Solar energy in October

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in October, about 4.38 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.75 kWh/m² to a high of 5 kWh/m² in March across the year — October's 4.38 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in October

Hazard calendar for Bouansa

In seasonPeak

In October, Bouansa sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Bouansa's rainy season runs October–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Is October a good time to visit Bouansa?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

October is a reasonable time to visit Bouansa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bouansa in October

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

In October, Bouansa sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Bouansa in October

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in October peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bouansa peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighVery highExtremeMar 17UV 15Jul 13UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7High
Jul6High
Aug7High
Sep10Extreme
Oct14Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Extreme

Air quality in Bouansa in October

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Bouansa is worst in July — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (November, 14 µg/m³).

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

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PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar18Moderate
Apr17Moderate
May26Moderate
Jun41Poor
Jul68Unhealthy
Aug61Unhealthy
Sep44Poor
Oct21Moderate
Nov14Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bouansa?

Bouansa sits at 4.2°S, 13.8°E, 199 m above sea level, in Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Loutété, 13 km away.

SibitiLoudimaBelizeDolisie

Topography around Bouansa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bouansa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 181 m around an average of 202 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 655 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 720 m.

The land around Bouansa is covered by grassland (65%) within 3 km, grassland (74%) within 16 km, and grassland (61%) and trees (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
181 m
16 km
655 m
80 km
720 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
October weather nearby: Loutété 13 km · Mouyondzi 31 km · Kayes 53 km · Nkayi 53 km · Sibiti 75 km · Loudima 78 km · Belize 120 km · Dolisie 121 km

Republic of the Congo travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,515
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
46%
of population, 2021
Road deaths
29.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Roman Catholic 33%Awakening Churches/Christian Revival 22%Protestant 20%none 11%

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 Bouansa (-4.2186°, 13.7617°, elevation 199 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).