Demba weather in August

In August, Demba sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 57 mm of rain across 10.5 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% 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 Demba's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Demba's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
21°
6th coldest
Rainfall
57 mm
10.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:40 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
60%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.5
out of 10

Demba is town in DR Congo.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Demba reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Demba weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°13619.212.34.0
Feb30° / 21°13117.512.23.8
Mar30° / 22°17621.3123.6
Apr29° / 22°16021.411.93.7
May30° / 21°6812.711.84.6
Jun31° / 20°132.811.75.2
Jul32° / 20°71.711.74.9
Aug31° / 21°5710.511.84.5
Sep30° / 21°13020.7123.7
Oct29° / 21°17224.112.13.5
Nov29° / 21°18324.612.23.5
Dec29° / 21°16222.712.33.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 25% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% 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
25842
35842
45743
55743
65644
75644
85545
95446
105446
115347
125248
135149
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Demba gets around 57 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 52% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
116
217
318
420
521
622
724
825
926
1027
1128
1230
1331
1432
1533
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1736
1837
1938
2039
2140
2241
2342
2443
2545
2646
2747
2848
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3051
3152

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 59% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 82% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
171123527
261123537
351022558
45922559
54921579
648205810
737205911
837196011
936186112
1035176213
1124166414
1224156415
1323146516
1423136517
1513126618
1612116620
1712116521
1812106423
1912106225
201196326
211186228
221186030
231175932
240175834
250165736
260165538
270155440
280155242
290145144
300144946
310144848

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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136calm
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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 6:44 AM to 6:34 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:28 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:446:30
211.86:446:30
311.86:446:30
411.86:446:30
511.86:436:30
611.86:436:30
711.86:436:30
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2211.86:386:29
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2411.96:376:29
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2611.96:376:28
2711.96:366:28
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2911.96:356:28
3011.96:356:28
3111.96:346:28

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.03 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.94 kWh/m² to a high of 5.48 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.03 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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255.1Bright
265.1Bright
275.1Bright
285.1Bright
295.1Bright
305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Demba?

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

4.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Demba for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Demba in August

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

In August, Demba sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 11 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Demba in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 5 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Demba peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 12 at about 5 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighExtremeMar 19UV 15Aug 12UV 5
UV index (midday)Level
Jan12Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May9Very high
Jun8Very high
Jul6High
Aug5High
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Demba 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 Demba is worst in August — around 122 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.4× the cleanest month (November, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyModerateAug 13117 µg/m³Nov 1715 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan22Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar19Moderate
Apr18Moderate
May28Moderate
Jun45Poor
Jul90Unhealthy
Aug122Unhealthy
Sep39Poor
Oct18Moderate
Nov15Moderate
Dec17Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Demba?

Demba sits at 5.5°S, 22.3°E, 632 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kananga, 47 km away.

Kabeya-KamwangaLusamboMiabiMbuji-MayiTshikapa

Topography around Demba

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Demba has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m around an average of 582 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 376 m.

The land around Demba is covered by trees (40%), shrubs (24%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (72%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and trees (79%) within 80 km.

3 km
109 m
16 km
170 m
80 km
376 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Kananga 47 km · Luebo 95 km · Mweka 106 km · Kabeya-Kamwanga 122 km · Lusambo 142 km · Miabi 148 km · Mbuji-Mayi 162 km · Tshikapa 192 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 Demba (-5.4957°, 22.2696°, elevation 632 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).