Climate averages 1991–2020
Binga weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Binga: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 161 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lisala (116 km away). In August its highs average 28.5°C, about as warm as Binga, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Binga ranks joint 36th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 54th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Binga is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 161 mm to 159 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
Binga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 41 | 8.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 69 | 11.3 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 134 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 142 | 19.8 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 116 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 99 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 124 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 28.7°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 161 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 159 | 23.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 177 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 142 | 22.3 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.6°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 57 | 10.8 | 12.012 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
- Lisala in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 116 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Gemena in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 127 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Gbadolite in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 219 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Bumba in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 220 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 150 mm rain
- Bangui in AugustCentral African Republic · 309 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Bimbo in AugustCentral African Republic · 312 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Bégoua in AugustCentral African Republic · 318 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Mbandaka in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 359 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 155 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 Binga) is explained once on the Binga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.