Climate averages 1991–2020
Bolenge 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 Bolenge: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 155 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 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbandaka (7 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Bolenge, with 155 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bolenge ranks joint 29th of 60 for the warmest August highs and joint 49th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Bolenge is 0.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.1°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 155 mm to 189 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
Bolenge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 89 | 15.2 | 12.112 h |
| February | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 120 | 16.1 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.7°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 156 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 159 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 128 | 22.3 | 12.112 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 92 | 17.4 | 12.112 h |
| July | 29.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 94 | 18.1 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 29.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 155 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 189 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 205 | 26.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 182 | 24.9 | 12.112 h |
| December | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 120 | 20.0 | 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
- Mbandaka in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 7 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 155 mm rain
- Binga in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 366 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 161 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 380 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Gemena in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 401 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Lisala in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 438 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Bimbo in AugustCentral African Republic · 474 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Bangui in AugustCentral African Republic · 486 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Bégoua in AugustCentral African Republic · 497 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 190 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 Bolenge) is explained once on the Bolenge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Mbandaka lies in the same rainfall cell, so its rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.