Climate averages 1991–2020
Lodja weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 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 Lodja: daytime highs average 30.5°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 73 mm of rain on roughly 15 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 00 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kindu (266 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Lodja, with 74 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lodja ranks 24th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 41st of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Lodja is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.7°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 73 mm to 117 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
Lodja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 112 | 18.3 | 12.312 h |
| February | 30.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 104 | 17.1 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.2°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 131 | 20.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 140 | 21.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 29.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 85 | 16.2 | 12.012 h |
| June | 30.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 29 | 6.6 | 11.912 h |
| July | 31.6°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 24 | 5.2 | 11.912 h |
| August, selected | 30.5°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 73 | 14.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.7°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 117 | 21.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.4°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 146 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 148 | 23.6 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.9°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 132 | 21.4 | 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
- Kindu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 21.9°C · 74 mm rain
- Mweka in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 270 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 78 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Kananga in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 295 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Miabi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 301 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Kabinda in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 307 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Ilebo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 346 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Kasongo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 355 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.0°C · 43 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 Lodja) is explained once on the Lodja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.