Climate averages 1991–2020
Babamba weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the joint 8th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Babamba: daytime highs average 27.2°C and nights cool to about 19.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (201 km away). In August its highs average 22.9°C, 4.3°C cooler than Babamba, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Babamba ranks joint 49th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 60th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Babamba is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 27.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 192 mm to 209 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
Babamba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 76 | 13.0 | 12.112 h |
| February | 30.0°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 92 | 13.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 153 | 21.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 182 | 24.4 | 12.112 h |
| May | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 177 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| June | 27.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 143 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 144 | 22.9 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 27.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 192 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| September | 27.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 209 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 235 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.0°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 207 | 25.1 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 118 | 19.7 | 12.112 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
- Butembo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 201 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Hyosha in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 233 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Kisangani in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 258 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Isiro in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 288 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Musanze in AugustRwanda · 304 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Rutoma in AugustUganda · 333 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Bukavu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 26 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 Babamba) is explained once on the Babamba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.