Bolenge weather in August

In August, Bolenge sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 155 mm of rain across 23.5 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bolenge's 5th-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bolenge's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 155 mm; 23.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 hours; 5:51 AM – 5:51 PM
Cloud cover: 74%; 5th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 4th windiest
Solar energy: 4.85 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

Bolenge is place in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bolenge reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°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	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How August really feels in Bolenge

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.

Bolenge weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 6th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 23°	89	15.2	12	3.8
Feb	31° / 23°	120	15.9	12	3.4
Mar	31° / 23°	156	21.6	12	3.1
Apr	31° / 23°	159	23.1	12	3.1
May	30° / 23°	128	22.4	12	3.4
Jun	30° / 23°	92	17.4	12	4.2
Jul	29° / 23°	94	18.1	12	4.3
Aug	29° / 23°	155	23.5	12	3.7
Sep	29° / 23°	189	26.2	12	3.2
Oct	29° / 23°	205	26.7	12	3.2
Nov	30° / 23°	182	24.9	12	3.2
Dec	30° / 23°	120	20.1	12	3.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

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

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 74%.

	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 (%)	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	26	26	26	25	25	24	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	23	23	23
Cloudier (%)	73	73	73	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	72	74	74	74	75	75	76	77	77	77	77	77	78	78	78	78	77	77	77

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bolenge gets around 155 mm of rain over 23.5 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 75% 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 (%)	67	68	68	69	70	70	71	71	72	72	73	73	73	74	74	75	75	76	77	78	78	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	68
3	68
4	69
5	70
6	70
7	71
8	71
9	72
10	72
11	73
12	73
13	73
14	74
15	74
16	75
17	75
18	76
19	77
20	78
21	78
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	81
26	81
27	82
28	82
29	83
30	83
31	84

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 99% 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
Oppressive (%)	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99
Miserable (%)	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

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

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.

	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
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

DaylightNight

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

Days grow by about 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:53 AM to 5:47 AM, and sunset from 5:53 PM to 5:47 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)	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	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	5:48	5:47	5:47
Sunset (PM)	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	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	5:48	5:47	5:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.0	5:53	5:53
2	12.0	5:53	5:53
3	12.0	5:53	5:53
4	12.0	5:53	5:53
5	12.0	5:53	5:53
6	12.0	5:53	5:53
7	12.0	5:53	5:53
8	12.0	5:53	5:53
9	12.0	5:52	5:52
10	12.0	5:52	5:52
11	12.0	5:52	5:52
12	12.0	5:52	5:52
13	12.0	5:52	5:52
14	12.0	5:52	5:52
15	12.0	5:51	5:51
16	12.0	5:51	5:51
17	12.0	5:51	5:51
18	12.0	5:51	5:51
19	12.0	5:51	5:51
20	12.0	5:50	5:50
21	12.0	5:50	5:50
22	12.0	5:50	5:50
23	12.0	5:50	5:50
24	12.0	5:49	5:49
25	12.0	5:49	5:49
26	12.0	5:49	5:49
27	12.0	5:48	5:48
28	12.0	5:48	5:48
29	12.0	5:48	5:48
30	12.0	5:47	5:47
31	12.0	5:47	5:47

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.85 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 5.47 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.85 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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.8	Bright
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20	4.8	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
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25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	4.9	Bright
28	4.9	Bright
29	4.9	Bright
30	4.9	Bright
31	4.9	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Bolenge?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bolenge.

What to pack for Bolenge in August

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

In August, Bolenge sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bolenge in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bolenge peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 23 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)	11	13	14	13	10	8	8	10	12	13	9	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Bolenge 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 Bolenge is worst in February — around 39 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 3.7× the cleanest month (October, 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)	30	39	29	20	19	28	36	31	15	10	15	24
Level	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	30	Moderate
Feb	39	Poor
Mar	29	Moderate
Apr	20	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	36	Poor
Aug	31	Moderate
Sep	15	Moderate
Oct	10	Good
Nov	15	Moderate
Dec	24	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Bolenge?

Bolenge sits at 0.0°N, 18.2°E, 317 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Mbandaka, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Bolenge

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bolenge has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m around an average of 309 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 88 m.

The land around Bolenge is covered by trees (61%) and water (34%) within 3 km, trees (77%) within 16 km, and trees (91%) within 80 km.

3 km

36 m

trees 61%

16 km

46 m

trees 77%

80 km

88 m

trees 91%

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

August weather nearby: Mbandaka 7.0 km · Impfondo 181 km · Mossaka 208 km · Inongo 214 km · Basankusu 222 km · Pokola 263 km · Owando 263 km · Oyo 281 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 Bolenge (0°, 18.2167°, elevation 317 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	23
2	29	23
3	29	23
4	29	23
5	29	23
6	29	23
7	29	23
8	29	23
9	29	23
10	29	23
11	29	23
12	29	23
13	29	23
14	29	23
15	29	23
16	29	23
17	29	23
18	29	23
19	29	23
20	29	23
21	29	23
22	29	23
23	29	23
24	29	23
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	29	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	68
3	68
4	69
5	70
6	70
7	71
8	71
9	72
10	72
11	73
12	73
13	73
14	74
15	74
16	75
17	75
18	76
19	77
20	78
21	78
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	81
26	81
27	82
28	82
29	83
30	83
31	84

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	68
3	68
4	69
5	70
6	70
7	71
8	71
9	72
10	72
11	73
12	73
13	73
14	74
15	74
16	75
17	75
18	76
19	77
20	78
21	78
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	81
26	81
27	82
28	82
29	83
30	83
31	84

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

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	27	73
2	27	73
3	27	73
4	28	72
5	28	72
6	28	72
7	28	72
8	28	72
9	28	72
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	28	72
13	28	72
14	26	74
15	26	74
16	26	74
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	24	76
20	23	77
21	23	77
22	23	77
23	23	77
24	23	77
25	22	78
26	22	78
27	22	78
28	22	78
29	23	77
30	23	77
31	23	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	67
2	68
3	68
4	69
5	70
6	70
7	71
8	71
9	72
10	72
11	73
12	73
13	73
14	74
15	74
16	75
17	75
18	76
19	77
20	78
21	78
22	79
23	80
24	80
25	81
26	81
27	82
28	82
29	83
30	83
31	84

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