Climate averages 1991–2020
Kabalo weather
in August.
A very hot, very 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 very hot month in Kabalo: daytime highs average 34.5°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 12 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kongolo (75 km away). In August its highs average 33.6°C, 0.9°C cooler than Kabalo, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kabalo ranks 4th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 23rd of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Kabalo is 4.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 32.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 12 mm to 50 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
Kabalo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 165 | 21.0 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.8°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 138 | 18.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.9°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 166 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 129 | 18.5 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 26 | 5.9 | 11.812 h |
| June | 34.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 2.6 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| July | 34.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 34.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 12 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 32.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 50 | 8.9 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.3°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 138 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 199 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 192 | 24.1 | 12.512 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
- Kongolo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 75 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Manono in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Kalima in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 157 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Kasongo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 183 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Mulongo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 198 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Kalemie in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 252 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Kabinda in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 269 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Kigoma in AugustTanzania · 327 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.2°C · 6.2 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 Kabalo) is explained once on the Kabalo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.