Climate averages 1991–2020
Bakwa weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 11th 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 Bakwa: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 166 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 15 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isiro (152 km away). In August its highs average 26.7°C, 1.1°C cooler than Bakwa, with 178 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bakwa ranks 46th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 57th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Bakwa is 1.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 166 mm to 175 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
Bakwa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 17 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| February | 34.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 30 | 5.5 | 12.012 h |
| March | 32.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 99 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 180 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 155 | 22.8 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.0°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 132 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.6°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 135 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 27.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 166 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 175 | 25.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 223 | 27.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 118 | 17.7 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 22 | 4.3 | 11.912 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
- Isiro in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 152 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 178 mm rain
- Buta in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 331 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Yei in AugustSouth Sudan · 364 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 18.8°C · 199 mm rain
- Wau in AugustSouth Sudan · 403 kmHigh 29.9°C · Low 22.1°C · 192 mm rain
- Arua in AugustUganda · 409 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Bunia in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 427 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Babamba in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 439 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Hyosha in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 448 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 162 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 Bakwa) is explained once on the Bakwa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.