Climate averages 1991–2020
Lisala weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: one of the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Lisala: daytime highs average 28.5°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 155 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bumba (106 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, about as warm as Lisala, with 150 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lisala ranks joint 40th of 60 for the warmest August highs and joint 49th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Lisala is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 155 mm to 161 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
Lisala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 45 | 9.0 | 12.012 h |
| February | 32.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 71 | 11.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 31.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 136 | 18.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 142 | 20.7 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.7°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 118 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| June | 29.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 103 | 19.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 116 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 28.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 155 | 25.5 | 12.212 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 161 | 24.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 185 | 26.1 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 146 | 23.1 | 12.012 h |
| December | 30.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 60 | 11.9 | 12.012 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
- Bumba in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 106 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 22.2°C · 150 mm rain
- Binga in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 116 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 161 mm rain
- Gemena in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 229 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Gbadolite in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 243 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Basoko in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 132 mm rain
- Buta in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 364 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 135 mm rain
- Bangui in AugustCentral African Republic · 410 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Bambari in AugustCentral African Republic · 413 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 173 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 Lisala) is explained once on the Lisala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.