Climate averages 1991–2020
Bukavu weather
in August.
A warm, fairly dry month: one of the warmest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bukavu: daytime highs average 25.9°C and nights cool to about 16.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the warmest months of the year.
Expect about 26 mm of rain on roughly 4 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 02 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Uvira (106 km away). In August its highs average 27.2°C, 1.4°C warmer than Bukavu, with 3.5 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bukavu ranks 56th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 29th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Bukavu is 3.8°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 26 mm to 85 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
Bukavu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24.2°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 302 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| February | 24.7°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 229 | 21.4 | 12.212 h |
| March | 24.8°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 225 | 23.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 24.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 202 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 24.3°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 93 | 13.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 24.5°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 24 | 4.3 | 12.012 h |
| July | 25.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 8.9 | 1.4 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 25.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 26 | 4.0 | 12.012 h |
| September | 25.9°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 85 | 10.0 | 12.112 h |
| October | 24.7°C16.4°C | 16.4°C | 239 | 20.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 24.0°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 310 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| December | 23.9°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 310 | 25.1 | 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
- Uvira in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Muhanga in AugustRwanda · 109 kmHigh 24.1°C · Low 14.3°C · 25 mm rain
- Gitarama in AugustRwanda · 112 kmHigh 24.0°C · Low 13.4°C · 25 mm rain
- Bujumbura in AugustBurundi · 115 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Musanze in AugustRwanda · 141 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 15.8°C · 67 mm rain
- Kigali in AugustRwanda · 148 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.4°C · 24 mm rain
- Gitega in AugustBurundi · 159 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 15.5°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 160 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 160 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 Bukavu) is explained once on the Bukavu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.