Climate averages 1991–2020
Mweka weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 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 Mweka: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 78 mm of rain on roughly 14 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 57 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ilebo (122 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, 0.6°C warmer than Mweka, with 67 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mweka ranks 25th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 43rd of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Mweka is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.1°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 78 mm to 132 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
Mweka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 143 | 21.9 | 12.412 h |
| February | 29.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 137 | 19.6 | 12.312 h |
| March | 29.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 168 | 22.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.4°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 163 | 23.1 | 12.012 h |
| May | 28.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 90 | 15.8 | 11.912 h |
| June | 30.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 22 | 4.9 | 11.812 h |
| July | 31.4°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 16 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| August, selected | 30.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 78 | 13.8 | 12.012 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 132 | 22.1 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.7°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 173 | 25.1 | 12.212 h |
| November | 28.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 182 | 24.7 | 12.312 h |
| December | 28.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 170 | 25.0 | 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
- Ilebo in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 122 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.0°C · 67 mm rain
- Kananga in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 150 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Tshikapa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 193 kmHigh 33.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 33 mm rain
- Idiofa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 218 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 56 mm rain
- Miabi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 254 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 266 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Lodja in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 270 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 21.4°C · 73 mm rain
- Chitato in AugustAngola · 287 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 19.6°C · 31 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 Mweka) is explained once on the Mweka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.