Climate averages 1991–2020
Moanda, Gabon weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the 8th 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 Moanda, Gabon: daytime highs average 29.3°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 8th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 49 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 Franceville (43 km away). In August its highs average 29.2°C, about as warm as Moanda, Gabon, with 47 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Moanda, Gabon ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 28.0°C; Moanda, Gabon is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 49 mm to 106 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
Moanda, Gabon climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.0°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 137 | 21.8 | 12.212 h |
| February | 30.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 136 | 20.0 | 12.212 h |
| March | 30.4°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 148 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 140 | 22.7 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 121 | 22.1 | 12.012 h |
| June | 28.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 41 | 10.1 | 12.012 h |
| July | 29.0°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 29 | 8.0 | 12.012 h |
| August, selected | 29.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 49 | 11.9 | 12.112 h |
| September | 29.5°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 106 | 21.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.0°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 189 | 26.8 | 12.112 h |
| November | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 185 | 25.8 | 12.212 h |
| December | 29.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 158 | 23.9 | 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
- Franceville in AugustGabon · 43 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 20.8°C · 47 mm rain
- Nkayi in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 291 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 20.0°C · 2.5 mm rain
- Dolisie in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 299 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.0°C · 4.6 mm rain
- Brazzaville in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 379 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Pointe-Noire in AugustRepublic of the Congo · 386 kmHigh 25.1°C · Low 20.0°C · 1.8 mm rain
- Kinshasa in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 387 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.4°C · 4.7 mm rain
- Oyem in AugustGabon · 395 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Masina in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 397 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 20.3°C · 5.9 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 Moanda) is explained once on the Moanda, Gabon year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.