Bambari
City in Central African Republic: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Bambari Downtown: Cyrille Jefferson Yapendé, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Bambari is a city in Central African Republic, in Ouaka. About 83,029 people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Central African Republic in our atlas.
It lies at 5.77° N, 20.68° E, about 465 m (1,526 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Africa/Bangui time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Bambari. Green dots: other major cities of Central African Republic. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Bambari has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Feb, with average highs near 37°C (98°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 18°C (65°F). Around 1,375 mm (54 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 240604 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q805946 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Bambari Downtown: Cyrille Jefferson Yapendé, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)