Inongo weather in August

In August, Inongo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 114 mm of rain across 18.7 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 8th-warmest and 10th-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 20% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Inongo's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Inongo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 8th warmest
Overnight low: 25°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 114 mm; 18.7 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 5:53 AM – 5:49 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 5.31 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.4; out of 10

Inongo is capital of Mai-Ndombe province, DR 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 Inongo reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°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)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	25
2	29	25
3	29	25
4	29	25
5	29	25
6	29	25
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20	29	25
21	29	25
22	29	25
23	29	25
24	29	25
25	29	25
26	29	25
27	29	25
28	29	25
29	29	25
30	29	25
31	29	25

How August really feels in Inongo

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 28 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.

Inongo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 8th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 26°	155	19.1	12.1	4.0
Feb	30° / 26°	149	17.6	12.1	3.8
Mar	29° / 26°	176	21.6	12	3.7
Apr	29° / 26°	176	22.4	12	3.7
May	29° / 26°	122	20.5	11.9	4.1
Jun	29° / 26°	53	11.8	11.9	5.1
Jul	29° / 25°	53	11.7	11.9	5.2
Aug	29° / 25°	114	18.7	11.9	4.4
Sep	29° / 25°	187	24.4	12	3.7
Oct	28° / 25°	216	26.9	12	3.5
Nov	28° / 25°	204	25.3	12.1	3.6
Dec	29° / 25°	205	24.7	12.1	3.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 57%.

	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 (%)	45	46	45	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	46	45	45	45	44	44	43	43	42	42	41	40	39	39	39	38	37	37	37	37
Cloudier (%)	55	54	55	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	54	55	55	55	56	56	57	57	58	58	59	60	61	61	61	62	63	63	63	63

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	37	63

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Inongo gets around 114 mm of rain over 18.7 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 61% and peaks near 73% 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 (%)	45	47	48	49	50	51	52	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62	63	63	64	65	65	66	66	67	68	69	70	71	72	72	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	47
3	48
4	49
5	50
6	51
7	52
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	61
16	62
17	63
18	63
19	64
20	65
21	65
22	66
23	66
24	67
25	68
26	69
27	70
28	71
29	72
30	72
31	73

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 94% 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
Muggy (%)	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	4	4	4	3	3	3	2	2	2	1	1	1
Oppressive (%)	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	96	96	96	97	97	97	98	98	98	99	99	99

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 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)	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 min 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 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:55 AM to 5:48 AM, and sunset from 5:50 PM to 5:46 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)	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	12.0
Sunrise (AM)	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48
Sunset (PM)	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:49	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	5:55	5:50
2	11.9	5:55	5:50
3	11.9	5:55	5:50
4	11.9	5:55	5:50
5	11.9	5:55	5:50
6	11.9	5:55	5:50
7	11.9	5:55	5:50
8	11.9	5:55	5:50
9	11.9	5:54	5:50
10	11.9	5:54	5:50
11	11.9	5:54	5:50
12	11.9	5:54	5:50
13	11.9	5:54	5:49
14	11.9	5:53	5:49
15	11.9	5:53	5:49
16	11.9	5:53	5:49
17	11.9	5:53	5:49
18	11.9	5:52	5:49
19	11.9	5:52	5:49
20	11.9	5:52	5:48
21	11.9	5:51	5:48
22	11.9	5:51	5:48
23	11.9	5:51	5:48
24	11.9	5:51	5:47
25	12.0	5:50	5:47
26	12.0	5:50	5:47
27	12.0	5:50	5:47
28	12.0	5:49	5:47
29	12.0	5:49	5:46
30	12.0	5:48	5:46
31	12.0	5:48	5:46

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.31 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 5.6 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.31 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
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3	5.3	Bright
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25	5.4	Bright
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27	5.4	Bright
28	5.4	Bright
29	5.4	Bright
30	5.4	Bright
31	5.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Inongo?

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

4.4

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

5.6

Beach & pool

3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Inongo for sightseeing.

What to pack for Inongo in August

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

In August, Inongo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Inongo in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Inongo peaks around March 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 7 (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)	12	13	13	13	10	8	7	8	11	13	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	12	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	8	Very high
Jul	7	Very high
Aug	8	Very high
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Inongo 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 Inongo is worst in August — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.9× the cleanest month (November, 13 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)	23	28	23	16	22	37	49	61	29	13	13	18
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	23	Moderate
Feb	28	Moderate
Mar	23	Moderate
Apr	16	Moderate
May	22	Moderate
Jun	37	Poor
Jul	49	Poor
Aug	61	Unhealthy
Sep	29	Moderate
Oct	13	Moderate
Nov	13	Moderate
Dec	18	Moderate

Location & terrain

Where is Inongo?

Inongo sits at 1.9°S, 18.3°E, 318 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kutu, 90 km away.

Topography around Inongo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Inongo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 41 m around an average of 305 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 56 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m.

The land around Inongo is covered by trees (48%) and water (29%) within 3 km, water (53%) and trees (44%) within 16 km, and trees (80%) within 80 km.

3 km

41 m

trees 48%

16 km

56 m

water 53%

80 km

79 m

trees 80%

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

August weather nearby: Kutu 90 km · Nioki 110 km · Mossaka 183 km · Bandundu Province 184 km · Mushie 194 km · Dungu 199 km · Bolenge 214 km · Mbandaka 220 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 Inongo (-1.9275°, 18.2881°, elevation 318 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	25
2	29	25
3	29	25
4	29	25
5	29	25
6	29	25
7	29	25
8	29	25
9	29	25
10	29	25
11	29	25
12	29	25
13	29	25
14	29	25
15	29	25
16	29	25
17	29	25
18	29	25
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20	29	25
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22	29	25
23	29	25
24	29	25
25	29	25
26	29	25
27	29	25
28	29	25
29	29	25
30	29	25
31	29	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	47
3	48
4	49
5	50
6	51
7	52
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	61
16	62
17	63
18	63
19	64
20	65
21	65
22	66
23	66
24	67
25	68
26	69
27	70
28	71
29	72
30	72
31	73

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	29	25
2	29	25
3	29	25
4	29	25
5	29	25
6	29	25
7	29	25
8	29	25
9	29	25
10	29	25
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30	29	25
31	29	25

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	47
3	48
4	49
5	50
6	51
7	52
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	61
16	62
17	63
18	63
19	64
20	65
21	65
22	66
23	66
24	67
25	68
26	69
27	70
28	71
29	72
30	72
31	73

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	45	55
2	46	54
3	45	55
4	46	54
5	46	54
6	46	54
7	46	54
8	46	54
9	46	54
10	46	54
11	46	54
12	46	54
13	45	55
14	45	55
15	45	55
16	44	56
17	44	56
18	43	57
19	43	57
20	42	58
21	42	58
22	41	59
23	40	60
24	39	61
25	39	61
26	39	61
27	38	62
28	37	63
29	37	63
30	37	63
31	37	63

	Rain chance (%)
1	45
2	47
3	48
4	49
5	50
6	51
7	52
8	54
9	55
10	56
11	57
12	58
13	59
14	60
15	61
16	62
17	63
18	63
19	64
20	65
21	65
22	66
23	66
24	67
25	68
26	69
27	70
28	71
29	72
30	72
31	73

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	10	90
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	9	91
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	9	91
12	8	92
13	8	92
14	7	93
15	7	93
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	2	98
27	2	98
28	2	98
29	1	99
30	1	99
31	1	99