Bakwa weather in August

In August, Bakwa sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 166 mm of rain across 25.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Bakwa's 9th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bakwa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
11th warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
166 mm
25.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:10 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
77%
9th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bakwa reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Bakwa

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

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Bakwa weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 22°173.111.83.9
Feb34° / 22°295.411.93.3
Mar32° / 22°10015.5123.3
Apr30° / 22°18021.812.13.4
May29° / 21°15522.912.23.8
Jun28° / 21°13222.112.24.1
Jul28° / 20°13623.612.24.3
Aug28° / 20°16625.612.14.0
Sep28° / 20°17525.4123.6
Oct28° / 21°22427.711.93.4
Nov29° / 21°11817.711.84.2
Dec31° / 21°224.311.84.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21882
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bakwa gets around 166 mm of rain over 25.6 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 82% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 86% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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58713
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78713
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288515
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308515
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Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August, the calmest month.

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)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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 6:11 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:116:22
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412.26:116:21
512.26:116:21
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.11 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 6.09 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.11 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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305.3Bright
315.3Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Bakwa?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Bakwa for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bakwa in August

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

In August, Bakwa sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bakwa in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bakwa peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highMar 21UV 14Dec 16UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Bakwa 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 Bakwa is worst in January — around 74 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.4× the cleanest month (October, 8 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateModerateGoodModeratePoorJan 2073 µg/m³Oct 108 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan74Unhealthy
Feb66Unhealthy
Mar36Poor
Apr15Moderate
May10Good
Jun15Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep8Good
Oct8Good
Nov16Moderate
Dec52Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bakwa?

Bakwa sits at 4.1°N, 27.4°E, 666 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Yambio, 121 km away.

YambioIsiroWambaWatsaZemioButaYei

Topography around Bakwa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bakwa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 673 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 332 m.

The land around Bakwa is covered by trees (52%) and shrubs (33%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and shrubs (38%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

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50 m
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80 km
332 m
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August weather nearby: Yambio 121 km · Isiro 152 km · Wamba 230 km · Watsa 267 km · Zemio 270 km · Buta 331 km · Yei 364 km · Tonj 378 km

Democratic Republic of the Congo 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
$807
2025
Happiness
3.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
12%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
34.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 400

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 Bakwa (4.1263°, 27.3953°, elevation 666 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).