Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbanza Kongo weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Mbanza Kongo: daytime highs average 27.3°C and nights cool to about 17.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kimpese (81 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, 1.3°C warmer than Mbanza Kongo, with 3.4 mm of rain.
Among the 47 cities listed in Angola, Mbanza Kongo ranks joint 31st of 47 for the warmest August highs and 35th of 47 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 47 cities is 28.2°C; Mbanza Kongo is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.0 mm to 11 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Mbanza Kongo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 154 | 21.6 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.0°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 127 | 18.0 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 152 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 229 | 24.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 90 | 14.5 | 11.812 h |
| June | 27.9°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 2.1 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.8°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 27.3°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 3.0 | 0.8 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 91 | 15.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 207 | 24.2 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 201 | 24.4 | 12.512 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Kimpese in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 81 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Matadi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Boma in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 139 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Inkisi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 155 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Uíge in AugustAngola · 175 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 16.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Negage in AugustAngola · 201 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 14.8°C · 23 mm rain
- Soyo in AugustAngola · 207 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Mbanza Kongo) is explained once on the Mbanza Kongo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.