Bulungu weather in August

In August, Bulungu sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 46 mm of rain across 10.5 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bulungu's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bulungu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
7th coldest
Rainfall
46 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
5:54 AM – 5:45 PM
Cloud cover
60%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.9
out of 10

Bulungu is human settlement.

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

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bulungu reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Bulungu

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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Bulungu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 22°14222.112.23.2
Feb31° / 22°13718.512.13.2
Mar31° / 22°15622.8123.0
Apr31° / 22°16423.111.93.0
May31° / 22°8515.411.83.9
Jun31° / 21°184.211.74.9
Jul32° / 21°92.611.84.7
Aug32° / 22°4610.511.93.9
Sep31° / 22°11620.6123.2
Oct30° / 22°1922612.13.0
Nov30° / 22°19525.412.23.1
Dec30° / 22°16924.812.33.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 23% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 51%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15842
25743
35743
45545
55545
65545
75347
85347
95248
105050
115050
124951
134951
144753
154753
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244753
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294654
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bulungu gets around 46 mm of rain over 10.5 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 34% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
117
218
319
420
522
623
724
826
927
1028
1129
1230
1332
1433
1534
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1736
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2140
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2443
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2645
2746
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3049
3150

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 67% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 82% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1632593
2631603
3630604
4628624
5627625
6625645
7623656
8621667
9619678
10518689
115166910
125156911
134147012
144137013
153127114
163127015
173117016
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192107018
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30066529
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Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
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66calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 48 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:58 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 5:46 PM to 5:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.85:585:46
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411.85:575:46
511.85:575:46
611.85:575:46
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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 5.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.91 kWh/m² to a high of 5.52 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.33 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.5Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Bulungu?

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

3.9
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
6.3
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bulungu. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Bulungu in August

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

In August, Bulungu sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bulungu in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 3. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bulungu peaks around March 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 3 (moderate).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — in 11 months of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighModerateExtremeMar 16UV 14Aug 14UV 3
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul7High
Aug3Moderate
Sep10Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov13Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Bulungu 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 Bulungu is worst in August — around 281 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 19.1× the cleanest month (November, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210240270JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyVery unhealthyModerateAug 15258 µg/m³Nov 1615 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan23Moderate
Feb29Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr19Moderate
May34Moderate
Jun60Unhealthy
Jul123Unhealthy
Aug281Very unhealthy
Sep54Poor
Oct18Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec18Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Bulungu?

Bulungu sits at 4.5°S, 18.6°E, 400 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kikwit, 60 km away.

IdiofaDibaya-LubweBandundu ProvinceKutu

Topography around Bulungu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bulungu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 139 m around an average of 387 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 245 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 469 m.

The land around Bulungu is covered by shrubs (30%), trees (28%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, shrubs (49%) and trees (36%) within 16 km, and trees (44%), grassland (29%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
139 m
16 km
245 m
80 km
469 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Kikwit 60 km · Masi-Manimba 83 km · Dungu 106 km · Mangai 118 km · Idiofa 119 km · Dibaya-Lubwe 146 km · Bandundu Province 192 km · Kutu 209 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 Bulungu (-4.5444°, 18.6036°, elevation 400 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).