Climate averages 1991–2020
Mwene weather
in August.
A hot, very dry month: the 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: daytime highs average 33.5°C and nights cool to about 18.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 2.2 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 47 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Tshilenge (128 km away). In August its highs average 31.9°C, 1.6°C cooler than Mwene, with 1.1 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mwene ranks 6th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 9th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Mwene is 3.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 0.4°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.2 mm to 27 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 climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 223 | 26.2 | 12.613 h |
| February | 27.9°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 205 | 23.2 | 12.412 h |
| March | 28.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 183 | 24.3 | 12.212 h |
| April | 28.9°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 79 | 13.2 | 11.912 h |
| May | 31.6°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 3.6 | 0.8 | 11.712 h |
| June | 31.7°C17.2°C | 17.2°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| July | 31.9°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| August, selected | 33.5°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 2.2 | 0.5 | 11.812 h |
| September | 33.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 27 | 5.7 | 12.012 h |
| October | 30.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 102 | 17.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 28.1°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 167 | 23.9 | 12.613 h |
| December | 27.2°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 215 | 26.9 | 12.713 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
- Tshilenge in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 31.9°C · Low 17.8°C · 1.1 mm rain
- Kamina in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 263 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Saurimo in AugustAngola · 272 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Lucapa in AugustAngola · 280 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Kanyama in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 293 kmHigh 32.5°C · Low 19.5°C · 13 mm rain
- Kolwezi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 301 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Mwene-Ditu in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 319 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 19.1°C · 24 mm rain
- Bukama in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 334 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 0.7 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) is explained once on the Mwene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.