Climate averages 1991–2020
Gandajika weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry 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 Gandajika: daytime highs average 32.1°C and nights cool to about 19.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 20 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 11 h 54 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene-Ditu (63 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, 1.1°C cooler than Gandajika, with 24 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gandajika ranks joint 13th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 27th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Gandajika is 2.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 20 mm to 87 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
Gandajika climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 154 | 22.5 | 12.512 h |
| February | 29.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 138 | 19.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 168 | 22.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.7°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 129 | 18.7 | 12.012 h |
| May | 31.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 27 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.8°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| July | 32.3°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 32.1°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 20 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 30.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 87 | 15.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 142 | 22.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 177 | 24.8 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 177 | 24.7 | 12.513 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
- Mwene-Ditu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 63 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 79 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Miabi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 85 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Kanyama in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 89 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Kabinda in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 89 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Kananga in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Kamina in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 249 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Kabalo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 336 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 12 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 Gandajika) is explained once on the Gandajika year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.