Climate averages 1991–2020
Kongolo weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 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 Kongolo: daytime highs average 33.6°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 16 mm of rain on roughly 3 days, which makes August a fairly 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 Kabalo (75 km away). In August its highs average 34.5°C, 0.9°C warmer than Kongolo, with 12 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kongolo ranks 5th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 26th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Kongolo is 3.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 16 mm to 61 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
Kongolo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 192 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 145 | 18.4 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 163 | 20.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 108 | 15.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 32.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 20 | 4.9 | 11.912 h |
| June | 33.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 3.3 | 0.6 | 11.812 h |
| July | 34.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 33.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 16 | 3.3 | 11.912 h |
| September | 31.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 61 | 10.5 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.6°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 156 | 21.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 219 | 23.9 | 12.412 h |
| December | 28.1°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 217 | 25.4 | 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
- Kabalo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 75 kmHigh 34.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 12 mm rain
- Kasongo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 113 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 43 mm rain
- Kalima in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 135 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 20.2°C · 13 mm rain
- Manono in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 217 kmHigh 35.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 4.1 mm rain
- Kalemie in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 251 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 20.9°C · 2.9 mm rain
- Mulongo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 272 kmHigh 34.8°C · Low 20.9°C · 3.6 mm rain
- Kabinda in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Kigoma in AugustTanzania · 296 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 Kongolo) is explained once on the Kongolo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.