Climate averages 1991–2020
Bulungu weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 2nd 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 Bulungu: daytime highs average 32.7°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 46 mm of rain on roughly 11 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (60 km away). In August its highs average 32.1°C, 0.5°C cooler than Bulungu, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Bulungu ranks 8th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 37th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Bulungu is 3.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 46 mm to 116 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
Bulungu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 142 | 22.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 31.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 137 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 31.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 156 | 22.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 164 | 23.0 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 85 | 15.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 32.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 18 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| July | 33.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 9.0 | 2.6 | 11.912 h |
| August, selected | 32.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 46 | 10.5 | 12.012 h |
| September | 31.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 116 | 20.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 192 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 195 | 25.4 | 12.312 h |
| December | 29.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 169 | 24.8 | 12.412 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
- Kikwit in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 60 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Idiofa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 192 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Ilebo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 221 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Tshikapa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 320 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Mweka in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 329 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Masina in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 357 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Kinshasa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 366 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.7 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 Bulungu) is explained once on the Bulungu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.