Kouango weather in September

In September, Kouango sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 167 mm of rain across 24 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-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 7% of the time in September, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 06 min at the start of September to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, September is Kouango's 11th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kouango's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
22°
6th coldest
Rainfall
167 mm
24 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
5:34 AM – 5:35 PM
Cloud cover
73%
11th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.27 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Kouango is human settlement.

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

Temperature in September

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

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

A typical September day in Kouango reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, September runs on par with August and on par with October.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How September really feels in Kouango

Once humidity and wind are folded in, September averages 30 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
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Kouango weather by month

How September compares with the rest of the year at a glance. September is the 10th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 21°81.611.73.4
Feb35° / 23°214.411.82.6
Mar34° / 24°7912.4122.6
Apr33° / 24°11114.912.13.0
May32° / 23°12818.112.23.4
Jun30° / 23°12018.612.33.7
Jul30° / 22°15222.212.33.7
Aug30° / 22°18824.912.23.4
Sep30° / 22°16724123.2
Oct30° / 22°20225.511.93.1
Nov32° / 22°9513.511.83.8
Dec33° / 21°143.111.74.0

Cloud cover in September

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in September.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of September, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 75%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42179
52278
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Chance of precipitation in September

Any precipitation

Kouango gets around 167 mm of rain over 24 wet days in September. 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 83% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
183
283
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482
582
681
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Humidity in September

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, September lands in the oppressive band about 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1199
2199
3199
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7199
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21199
22199
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25298
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30298

Wind in September

Winds average 4 km/h in September.

Across September, daily wind ranges from about 4 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)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in September

DaylightNight

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

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over September. Sunrise moves from 5:37 AM to 5:31 AM, and sunset from 5:43 PM to 5:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.15:375:43
212.15:375:42
312.15:375:42
412.15:365:41
512.15:365:41
612.15:365:40
712.15:365:40
812.15:365:39
912.15:355:39
1012.15:355:38
1112.15:355:38
1212.05:355:37
1312.05:345:37
1412.05:345:36
1512.05:345:36
1612.05:345:35
1712.05:335:35
1812.05:335:34
1912.05:335:34
2012.05:335:33
2112.05:335:33
2212.05:325:32
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2612.05:315:30
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2812.05:315:29
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Solar energy in September

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in September, about 5.27 kWh/m².

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 — September's 5.27 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in September

Hazard calendar for Kouango

In seasonPeak

In September, 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 September a good time to visit Kouango?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

September is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kouango.

What to pack for Kouango in September

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

In September, Kouango sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kouango in September

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in September 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highOct 12UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kouango in September

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where September 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).

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateGoodModerateFeb 1091 µg/m³Sep 1610 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan83Unhealthy
Feb94Unhealthy
Mar41Poor
Apr22Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun16Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep10Good
Oct12Good
Nov24Moderate
Dec61Unhealthy
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.

BambariSibutAlindaoGbadoliteZongoBégouaBanguiDekoa

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
16 km
124 m
80 km
353 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
September 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).