Climate averages 1991–2020
Franceville weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the joint 7th 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 Franceville: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 20.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 7th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 47 mm of rain on roughly 12 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 3rd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 04 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moanda, Gabon (43 km away). In August its highs average 29.3°C, about as warm as Franceville, with 49 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Franceville ranks 2nd of 6 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 28.0°C; Franceville is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.1°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 47 mm to 109 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
Franceville climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 146 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 154 | 20.5 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 176 | 23.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 165 | 23.5 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 138 | 23.4 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 40 | 9.5 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.1°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 26 | 6.8 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 29.2°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 47 | 11.6 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.4°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 109 | 20.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.9°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 197 | 27.4 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 207 | 26.5 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.2°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 184 | 24.8 | 12.212 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
- Moanda, Gabon in AugustGabon · 43 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 21.2°C · 49 mm rain
- Nkayi in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 286 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Dolisie in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 303 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Brazzaville in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 348 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Kinshasa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 356 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Masina in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 366 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.9 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 398 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Inkisi in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 422 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 5.7 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 Franceville) is explained once on the Franceville year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.