Climate averages 1991–2020
Kimpese weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the coolest and the 3rd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kimpese: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 3.4 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 56 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mbanza-Ngungu (58 km away). In August its highs average 27.1°C, 1.5°C cooler than Kimpese, with 5.6 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kimpese ranks joint 38th of 60 for the warmest August highs and joint 11th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Kimpese is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 3.4 mm to 11 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
Kimpese climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 141 | 20.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 30.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 104 | 16.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 30.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 130 | 19.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 176 | 22.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 69 | 13.5 | 11.912 h |
| June | 28.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 1.6 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| July | 28.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 28.6°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 3.4 | 0.9 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 11 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 30.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 75 | 13.5 | 12.212 h |
| November | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 179 | 23.5 | 12.412 h |
| December | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 180 | 24.6 | 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
- Mbanza-Ngungu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 58 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 17.2°C · 5.6 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in AugustAngola · 81 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Inkisi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 84 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Matadi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 112 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Boma in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 156 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Kinshasa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 168 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Masina in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Brazzaville in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 172 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.7 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 Kimpese) is explained once on the Kimpese year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.