Kouango weather in August

In August, Kouango sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 188 mm of rain across 24.9 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kouango's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kouango's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 188 mm; 24.9 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:39 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover: 76%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.98 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Kouango is human settlement.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kouango reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
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10	29	22
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14	29	22
15	29	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

How August really feels in Kouango

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kouango weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 21°	8	1.6	11.7	3.4
Feb	35° / 23°	21	4.4	11.8	2.6
Mar	34° / 24°	79	12.4	12	2.6
Apr	33° / 24°	111	14.9	12.1	3.0
May	32° / 23°	128	18.1	12.2	3.4
Jun	30° / 23°	120	18.6	12.3	3.7
Jul	30° / 22°	152	22.2	12.3	3.7
Aug	30° / 22°	188	24.9	12.2	3.4
Sep	30° / 22°	167	24	12	3.2
Oct	30° / 22°	202	25.5	11.9	3.1
Nov	32° / 22°	95	13.5	11.8	3.8
Dec	33° / 21°	14	3.1	11.7	4.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	21
Cloudier (%)	79	79	79	79	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	80	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kouango gets around 188 mm of rain over 24.9 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 80% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	84	84	84	84	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	79
15	79
16	80
17	80
18	81
19	81
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	84
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	83

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels oppressive — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	3	3	3	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1
Oppressive (%)	97	97	97	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	1	99

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:40 AM to 5:37 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 5:43 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:39	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:38	5:37	5:37
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:43

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:40	5:53
2	12.2	5:40	5:53
3	12.2	5:40	5:52
4	12.2	5:40	5:52
5	12.2	5:40	5:52
6	12.2	5:40	5:52
7	12.2	5:40	5:52
8	12.2	5:40	5:51
9	12.2	5:40	5:51
10	12.2	5:40	5:51
11	12.2	5:40	5:51
12	12.2	5:40	5:50
13	12.2	5:40	5:50
14	12.2	5:39	5:50
15	12.2	5:39	5:50
16	12.2	5:39	5:49
17	12.2	5:39	5:49
18	12.2	5:39	5:49
19	12.2	5:39	5:48
20	12.1	5:39	5:48
21	12.1	5:39	5:47
22	12.1	5:39	5:47
23	12.1	5:39	5:47
24	12.1	5:38	5:46
25	12.1	5:38	5:46
26	12.1	5:38	5:45
27	12.1	5:38	5:45
28	12.1	5:38	5:45
29	12.1	5:38	5:44
30	12.1	5:37	5:44
31	12.1	5:37	5:43

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.98 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.98 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	4.9	Bright
6	4.9	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	5.0	Bright
12	5.0	Bright
13	5.0	Bright
14	5.0	Bright
15	5.0	Bright
16	5.0	Bright
17	5.0	Bright
18	5.0	Bright
19	5.0	Bright
20	5.0	Bright
21	5.0	Bright
22	5.0	Bright
23	5.0	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.1	Bright
27	5.1	Bright
28	5.1	Bright
29	5.1	Bright
30	5.1	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kouango

In seasonPeak

In August, Kouango sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Kouango's rainy season runs April–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Kouango?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

3.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kouango.

What to pack for Kouango in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Kouango sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kouango in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kouango peaks around October 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	10	12	12	13	10	11	10	12	12	13	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Kouango in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Kouango is worst in February — around 94 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.8× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	83	94	41	22	15	16	15	12	10	12	24	61
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	83	Unhealthy
Feb	94	Unhealthy
Mar	41	Poor
Apr	22	Moderate
May	15	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	12	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	12	Good
Nov	24	Moderate
Dec	61	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Kouango?

Kouango sits at 5.0°N, 20.0°E, 363 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Bambari, 117 km away.

Topography around Kouango

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Kouango.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kouango has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 370 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 124 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 353 m.

The land around Kouango is covered by grassland (65%) and water (27%) within 3 km, grassland (45%) and trees (38%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and grassland (36%) within 80 km.

3 km

24 m

grassland 65%

16 km

124 m

grassland 45%

80 km

353 m

trees 57%

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← July Kouango year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Bambari 117 km · Sibut 127 km · Alindao 138 km · Gbadolite 140 km · Zongo 168 km · Bégoua 169 km · Bangui 171 km · Dekoa 177 km

Central African Republic travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $556; 2025
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2019
Safe drinking water: 6%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 20.1; per 100k, 2016
Road deaths: 37.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Kouango (4.9934°, 19.9619°, elevation 363 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
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12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	79
15	79
16	80
17	80
18	81
19	81
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	84
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	1	99

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	79
15	79
16	80
17	80
18	81
19	81
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	84
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	1	99

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	30	22
17	30	22
18	30	22
19	30	22
20	30	22
21	30	22
22	30	22
23	30	22
24	30	22
25	30	22
26	30	22
27	30	22
28	30	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	22	78
6	22	78
7	22	78
8	22	78
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	22	78
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	20	80
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	20	80
28	20	80
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	77
2	77
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	77
7	77
8	77
9	77
10	78
11	78
12	78
13	78
14	79
15	79
16	80
17	80
18	81
19	81
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	83
24	83
25	83
26	84
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	84
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	2	98
11	2	98
12	2	98
13	2	98
14	2	98
15	2	98
16	2	98
17	2	98
18	2	98
19	2	98
20	2	98
21	2	98
22	2	98
23	2	98
24	2	98
25	2	98
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	2	98
30	2	98
31	1	99