Kabalo weather in August

In August, Kabalo sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 12 mm of rain across 2.2 wet days and about 11.8 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kabalo's 3rd-clearest and 4th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kabalo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
22°
11th coldest
Rainfall
12 mm
2.2 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:22 AM – 6:10 PM
Cloud cover
46%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
4th windiest
Solar energy
5.63 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Kabalo is town in Tanganyika Province, DRC.

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 34°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kabalo reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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How August really feels in Kabalo

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.

Kabalo 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
Jan29° / 22°16521.112.33.8
Feb30° / 22°13518.312.23.7
Mar30° / 22°16620.9123.6
Apr31° / 22°12918.611.93.6
May33° / 22°26611.74.0
Jun34° / 22°30.511.73.7
Jul34° / 21°10.111.73.6
Aug34° / 22°122.211.83.5
Sep33° / 23°508.9123.7
Oct30° / 22°13819.712.13.6
Nov29° / 22°19923.812.33.5
Dec29° / 22°19224.212.33.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 44% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 25% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 32%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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

Any precipitation

Kabalo gets around 12 mm of rain over 2.2 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 8% and peaks near 14% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 34% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 26% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
159161690
2581616100
3571616110
4551617120
5531717130
6511718140
7501718150
8481719160
9461719170
10441820190
11421820200
12401821210
13381822220
14361822230
15351823240
16331824260
17311824270
18291825280
19281726290
20261727300
21251727320
22231628330
23221628340
24211628360
25191528370
26181528390
27171428410
28151428420
29141427440
30131327461
31121326481

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:26 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.76:266:10
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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 5.63 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.97 kWh/m² to a high of 5.69 kWh/m² in July across the year — August's 5.63 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kabalo

In seasonPeak

None of Kabalo's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Kabalo's rainy season runs October–April, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
Jan
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Kabalo?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
7.1
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kabalo in August

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

In August, Kabalo sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kabalo in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 6 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kabalo peaks around March 16 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 14 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 16UV 15Aug 14UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Kabalo 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 Kabalo is worst in July — around 173 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 19.6× the cleanest month (April, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyUnhealthyModerateGoodJul 17163 µg/m³Apr 119 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr9Good
May23Moderate
Jun88Unhealthy
Jul173Very unhealthy
Aug94Unhealthy
Sep35Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov12Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kabalo?

Kabalo sits at 6.1°S, 26.9°E, 560 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kongolo, 75 km away.

NyunzuManonoLubaoKalimaKasongoMulongoMalemba-Nkulu

Topography around Kabalo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kabalo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 30 m around an average of 555 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 471 m.

The land around Kabalo is covered by grassland (47%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, grassland (34%), trees (33%) and shrubs (27%) within 16 km, and trees (54%), grassland (25%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
30 m
16 km
52 m
80 km
471 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Kongolo 75 km · Nyunzu 122 km · Manono 149 km · Lubao 149 km · Kalima 157 km · Kasongo 183 km · Mulongo 198 km · Malemba-Nkulu 222 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 Kabalo (-6.0526°, 26.9143°, elevation 560 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).