Climate averages 1991–2020
Isiro weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the joint 10th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Isiro: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 19.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 178 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 12 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bakwa (152 km away). In August its highs average 27.8°C, 1.1°C warmer than Isiro, with 166 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Isiro ranks joint 53rd of 60 for the warmest August highs and 59th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Isiro is 3.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 178 mm to 190 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
Isiro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.1°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 37 | 6.6 | 12.012 h |
| February | 31.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 61 | 9.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 29.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 146 | 20.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 188 | 23.9 | 12.212 h |
| May | 27.6°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 152 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.0°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 134 | 23.9 | 12.312 h |
| July | 26.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 149 | 25.2 | 12.312 h |
| August, selected | 26.7°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 178 | 26.2 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 190 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 26.7°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 229 | 28.3 | 12.112 h |
| November | 27.2°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 201 | 24.0 | 12.012 h |
| December | 29.1°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 58 | 10.1 | 12.012 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
- Bakwa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 152 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.3°C · 166 mm rain
- Babamba in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 288 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Hyosha in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 313 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 16.8°C · 162 mm rain
- Buta in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 321 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Bunia in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 323 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 17.3°C · 109 mm rain
- Butembo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 347 kmHigh 22.9°C · Low 14.5°C · 174 mm rain
- Arua in AugustUganda · 367 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 17.0°C · 137 mm rain
- Kisangani in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 368 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 138 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 Isiro) is explained once on the Isiro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.