Climate averages 1991–2020
Kindu weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet 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 hot month in Kindu: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 74 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 01 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kasongo (184 km away). In August its highs average 31.2°C, 1.1°C warmer than Kindu, with 43 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kindu ranks 28th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 42nd of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Kindu is 0.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.8°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 74 mm to 137 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
Kindu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 145 | 19.8 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 136 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| March | 29.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 162 | 21.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.0°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 166 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 110 | 17.9 | 12.012 h |
| June | 29.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 40 | 8.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 30.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 33 | 6.5 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 30.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 74 | 14.2 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 137 | 21.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 211 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 212 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| December | 28.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 190 | 24.4 | 12.312 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
- Kasongo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 184 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Lodja in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Kongolo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 297 kmHigh 33.6°C · Low 22.0°C · 16 mm rain
- Bukavu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 328 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 16.0°C · 26 mm rain
- Uvira in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 361 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Kabalo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 363 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Kalima in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 380 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Bujumbura in AugustBurundi · 385 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 22.7°C · 3.5 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 Kindu) is explained once on the Kindu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.