Climate averages 1991–2020
Idiofa 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 Idiofa: daytime highs average 30.8°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 56 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kikwit (86 km away). In August its highs average 32.1°C, 1.3°C warmer than Idiofa, with 41 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Idiofa ranks joint 22nd of 60 for the warmest August highs and 39th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Idiofa is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.0°C to 29.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 56 mm to 123 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
Idiofa climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.9°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 128 | 21.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 128 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.4°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 162 | 23.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 157 | 22.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 72 | 14.0 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.5°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 17 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 11 | 3.1 | 11.912 h |
| August, selected | 30.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 56 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 123 | 21.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 168 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 185 | 25.6 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 161 | 25.3 | 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 · 86 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 21.5°C · 41 mm rain
- Bulungu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 119 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 22.2°C · 46 mm rain
- Ilebo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 131 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Tshikapa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 209 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Mweka in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Chitato in AugustAngola · 289 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 31 mm rain
- Dundo in AugustAngola · 299 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 31 mm rain
- Bandundu Province in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 306 kmHigh 32.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 43 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 Idiofa) is explained once on the Idiofa year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.