Climate averages 1991–2020
Tshilenge weather
in August.
A hot, very 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 Tshilenge: daytime highs average 31.9°C and nights cool to about 17.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.1 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 45 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mwene (128 km away). In August its highs average 33.5°C, 1.6°C warmer than Tshilenge, with 2.2 mm of rain.
Among the 60 cities listed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tshilenge ranks 15th of 60 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 60 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 60 cities is 29.7°C; Tshilenge is 2.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 32.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.1 mm to 24 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
Tshilenge climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 274 | 28.8 | 12.713 h |
| February | 26.6°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 245 | 25.3 | 12.512 h |
| March | 26.9°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 261 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| April | 27.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 103 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| May | 29.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 2.9 | 0.9 | 11.612 h |
| June | 29.1°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 h |
| July | 29.4°C15.5°C | 15.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| August, selected | 31.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| September | 32.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 24 | 5.3 | 12.012 h |
| October | 29.9°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 112 | 19.7 | 12.312 h |
| November | 27.2°C18.3°C | 18.3°C | 233 | 27.3 | 12.613 h |
| December | 26.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 286 | 29.2 | 12.813 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
- Mwene in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 128 kmHigh 33.5°C · Low 18.7°C · 2.2 mm rain
- Kolwezi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 282 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 15.6°C · 0.3 mm rain
- Saurimo in AugustAngola · 310 kmHigh 32.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 3.8 mm rain
- Luena in AugustAngola · 338 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 14.0°C · 1.0 mm rain
- Kamina in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 338 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 3.5 mm rain
- Lucapa in AugustAngola · 369 kmHigh 32.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 10 mm rain
- Bukama in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 378 kmHigh 34.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 0.7 mm rain
- Solwezi in AugustZambia · 403 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 13.9°C · 0.1 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 Tshilenge) is explained once on the Tshilenge year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.