Climate averages 1991–2020
Basoko weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Basoko: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 132 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 09 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bumba (166 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Basoko, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Basoko ranks joint 29th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 45th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Basoko is 0.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 132 mm to 144 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
Basoko climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.7°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 54 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| February | 32.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 79 | 12.4 | 12.112 h |
| March | 31.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 134 | 18.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 142 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 110 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 92 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 102 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 132 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| September | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 144 | 24.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 172 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 149 | 23.2 | 12.112 h |
| December | 30.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 78 | 14.4 | 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
- Bumba in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 166 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 150 mm rain
- Kisangani in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Buta in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 212 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Lisala in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Binga in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 369 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 161 mm rain
- Gbadolite in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Babamba in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 446 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Isiro in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 476 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 19.3°C · 178 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 Basoko) is explained once on the Basoko year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.