Climate averages 1991–2020
Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo weather
in August.
A warm, very dry month: one of the coolest 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 Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo: daytime highs average 24.5°C and nights cool to about 20.0°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 1.6 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes August a very dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 55 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soyo (23 km away). In August its highs average 23.1°C, 1.4°C cooler than Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, with 1.2 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 59th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo is 5.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 25.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.6 mm to 4.2 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
Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 87 | 14.4 | 12.412 h |
| February | 28.8°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 96 | 14.5 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 94 | 14.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.7°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 101 | 14.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 27.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 28 | 5.2 | 11.812 h |
| June | 25.7°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| July | 24.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 24.5°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 1.6 | 0.2 | 11.912 h |
| September | 25.6°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 4.2 | 1.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 27 | 7.4 | 12.212 h |
| November | 27.8°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 78 | 13.7 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.9°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 81 | 13.3 | 12.512 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
- Soyo in AugustAngola · 23 kmHigh 23.1°C · Low 20.6°C · 1.2 mm rain
- Cabinda in AugustAngola · 45 kmHigh 24.5°C · Low 20.5°C · 3.1 mm rain
- Boma in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 76 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.5 mm rain
- Matadi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 121 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 18.7°C · 5.3 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 140 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Dolisie in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 195 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Mbanza Kongo in AugustAngola · 210 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 17.5°C · 3.0 mm rain
- Nkayi in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 219 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 2.5 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 Moanda) is explained once on the Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.