Climate averages 1991–2020
Bambari weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bambari: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gbadolite (169 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Bambari, with 160 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Bambari ranks 4th of 7 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 28.0°C; Bambari is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 173 mm to 190 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
Bambari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.4°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 5.3 | 1.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 36.1°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 16 | 3.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 74 | 11.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.2°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 119 | 16.3 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 148 | 20.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 125 | 20.9 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.8°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 149 | 22.4 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 173 | 24.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 190 | 25.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 206 | 25.6 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 65 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 6.2 | 1.6 | 11.812 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
- Gbadolite in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Bégoua in AugustCentral African Republic · 278 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Bangui in AugustCentral African Republic · 282 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Gemena in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Bimbo in AugustCentral African Republic · 301 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Binga in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 378 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 161 mm rain
- Lisala in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 413 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Bumba in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 445 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 150 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 Bambari) is explained once on the Bambari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.