Climate averages 1991–2020
Gemena weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: 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 Gemena: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 13 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Binga (127 km away). In August its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Gemena, with 161 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gemena ranks joint 40th of 60 for the warmest August highs and joint 55th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Gemena is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 162 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
Gemena climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 27 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| February | 33.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 51 | 8.6 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 132 | 17.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 138 | 18.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 114 | 18.9 | 12.312 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 95 | 18.1 | 12.312 h |
| July | 28.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 123 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 28.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 162 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 159 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 182 | 25.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 29.3°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 138 | 21.2 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 44 | 8.5 | 11.912 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
- Binga in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 127 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 161 mm rain
- Gbadolite in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 178 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Bangui in AugustCentral African Republic · 183 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Bimbo in AugustCentral African Republic · 187 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Bégoua in AugustCentral African Republic · 191 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Lisala in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 155 mm rain
- Bambari in AugustCentral African Republic · 297 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 173 mm rain
- Bumba in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 322 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 150 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 Gemena) is explained once on the Gemena year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.