Climate averages 1991–2020
Bandundu Province weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: one of the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bandundu Province: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bulungu (192 km away). In August its highs average 32.7°C, about as warm as Bandundu Province, with 46 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bandundu Province ranks 12th of 60 for the warmest August highs and joint 35th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Bandundu Province is 2.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 31.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 99 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
Bandundu Province climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.2°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 131 | 20.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 133 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 154 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 167 | 22.4 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 104 | 18.0 | 12.012 h |
| June | 31.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 23 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 32.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 12 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| August, selected | 32.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 43 | 10.4 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 99 | 18.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 178 | 24.6 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 186 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 176 | 24.8 | 12.312 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
- Bulungu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Kikwit in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Masina in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Kinshasa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 255 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Brazzaville in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 256 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Idiofa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 306 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Inkisi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Mbanza-Ngungu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 353 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 5.6 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 Bandundu Province) is explained once on the Bandundu Province year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.