Climate averages 1991–2020
Hyosha weather
in August.
A warm, 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 warm month in Hyosha: daytime highs average 25.0°C and nights cool to about 16.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 162 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 08 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Butembo (67 km away). In August its highs average 22.9°C, 2.1°C cooler than Hyosha, with 174 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Hyosha ranks 58th 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; Hyosha is 4.7°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 25.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 162 mm to 151 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
Hyosha climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.5°C17.1°C | 17.1°C | 35 | 8.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 41 | 8.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 28.5°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 95 | 16.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.2°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 119 | 18.9 | 12.112 h |
| May | 26.5°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 137 | 19.5 | 12.112 h |
| June | 25.6°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 122 | 18.8 | 12.212 h |
| July | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 121 | 19.2 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 25.0°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 162 | 22.0 | 12.112 h |
| September | 25.2°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 151 | 20.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 25.1°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 170 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| November | 25.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 133 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| December | 26.8°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 61 | 13.9 | 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
- Butembo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 67 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Bunia in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 126 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Ibanda in AugustUganda · 143 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 15.9°C · 104 mm rain
- Rutoma in AugustUganda · 170 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 16.5°C · 89 mm rain
- Mbarara in AugustUganda · 192 kmHigh 26.1°C · Low 16.1°C · 46 mm rain
- Mubende in AugustUganda · 209 kmHigh 25.5°C · Low 16.2°C · 83 mm rain
- Rutshuru in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 210 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 15.5°C · 160 mm rain
- Hoima in AugustUganda · 220 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 18.0°C · 231 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 Hyosha) is explained once on the Hyosha year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.