Climate averages 1991–2020
Mbanza-Ngungu weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: the joint 9th warmest 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 warm month in Mbanza-Ngungu: daytime highs average 27.1°C and nights cool to about 17.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 9th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 5.6 mm of rain on roughly 1 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 Inkisi (26 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, 1.8°C warmer than Mbanza-Ngungu, with 5.7 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mbanza-Ngungu ranks 52nd of 60 for the warmest August highs and 20th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Mbanza-Ngungu is 2.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 5.6 mm to 18 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
Mbanza-Ngungu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 154 | 23.1 | 12.412 h |
| February | 27.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 115 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 147 | 20.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 27.8°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 201 | 24.9 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.4°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 95 | 16.3 | 11.912 h |
| June | 27.1°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.812 h |
| July | 27.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 27.1°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 5.6 | 1.4 | 11.912 h |
| September | 27.9°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 18 | 5.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.0°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 113 | 18.3 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.1°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 222 | 25.9 | 12.312 h |
| December | 26.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 205 | 26.7 | 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
- Inkisi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 26 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.7 mm rain
- Kimpese in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 58 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 19.1°C · 3.4 mm rain
- Masina in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 114 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Kinshasa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 115 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Brazzaville in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 120 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in AugustAngola · 131 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Matadi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 167 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Boma in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 210 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.5 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 Mbanza-Ngungu) is explained once on the Mbanza-Ngungu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.