Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwene-Ditu weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry 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 Mwene-Ditu: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 19.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 24 mm of rain on roughly 5 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 53 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gandajika (63 km away). In August its highs average 32.1°C, 1.1°C warmer than Mwene-Ditu, with 20 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwene-Ditu ranks 19th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 28th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Mwene-Ditu is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.7°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 24 mm to 104 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
Mwene-Ditu climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.7°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 179 | 25.3 | 12.512 h |
| February | 28.4°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 158 | 21.9 | 12.312 h |
| March | 28.5°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 186 | 24.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 28.6°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 136 | 19.6 | 12.012 h |
| May | 30.1°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 26 | 5.1 | 11.812 h |
| June | 31.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 3.0 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| July | 31.5°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 24 | 5.0 | 11.912 h |
| September | 29.4°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 104 | 17.3 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 166 | 24.5 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.6°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 193 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| December | 27.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 192 | 26.4 | 12.513 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
- Gandajika in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 63 kmHigh 32.1°C · Low 19.7°C · 20 mm rain
- Miabi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 88 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 32 mm rain
- Kanyama in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Mbuji-Mayi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 98 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 32 mm rain
- Kabinda in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 149 kmHigh 30.8°C · Low 19.6°C · 41 mm rain
- Kananga in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 169 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 52 mm rain
- Kamina in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 257 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Dundo in AugustAngola · 294 kmHigh 32.9°C · Low 19.9°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 Mwene-Ditu) is explained once on the Mwene-Ditu year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.