Climate averages 1991–2020
Kasongo 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 Kasongo: daytime highs average 31.2°C and nights cool to about 21.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 43 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 58 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kongolo (113 km away). In August its highs average 33.6°C, 2.4°C warmer than Kasongo, with 16 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kasongo ranks joint 17th of 60 for the warmest August highs and joint 35th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Kasongo is 1.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.6°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 43 mm to 106 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
Kasongo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.2°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 178 | 22.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 28.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 157 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 194 | 21.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 165 | 20.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 64 | 11.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 31.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 14 | 3.4 | 11.912 h |
| July | 32.3°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 8.8 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| August, selected | 31.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 43 | 8.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.6°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 106 | 17.7 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 206 | 25.0 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 245 | 25.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 27.6°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 209 | 25.2 | 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
- Kongolo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 113 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Kabalo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 183 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Kindu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 184 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Kalima in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 208 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Uvira in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Kabinda in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 308 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Bujumbura in AugustBurundi · 321 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Bukavu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 324 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 26 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 Kasongo) is explained once on the Kasongo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.