Climate averages 1991–2020
Kananga weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd 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 Kananga: daytime highs average 31.0°C and nights cool to about 20.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 52 mm of rain on roughly 10 days, which makes August a moderately wet 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 Miabi (114 km away). In August its highs average 31.4°C, about as warm as Kananga, with 32 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kananga ranks 20th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 38th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Kananga is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 52 mm to 136 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
Kananga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 131 | 19.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 128 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.3°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 176 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.1°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 178 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.9°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 64 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.1°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 9.9 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 32.1°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 6.0 | 1.3 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 31.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 52 | 10.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.4°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 136 | 19.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 181 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 186 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 159 | 22.3 | 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
- Miabi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 132 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Mweka in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Tshikapa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 188 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Gandajika in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 194 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Kabinda in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 230 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Dundo in AugustAngola · 241 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.9°C · 31 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 Kananga) is explained once on the Kananga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.