Kabare weather in August

In August, Kabare sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 15°C, with 26 mm of rain across 4 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 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 54 min at the start of August to 11 h 54 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kabare's 3rd-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kabare's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 2nd warmest
Overnight low: 15°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 26 mm; 4 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 54 min; 6:11 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover: 64%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 6 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 5.56 kWh/m²
Travel score: 7.7; out of 10

Kabare is human settlement 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 24°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kabare reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 15°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 23°C and 26°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)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25
Avg low (°C)	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15

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

Kabare 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	23° / 14°	302	24.9	12.1	4.3
Feb	23° / 15°	227	21.1	12.1	4.5
Mar	23° / 15°	225	23.1	12	4.6
Apr	23° / 15°	202	22.6	11.9	4.5
May	23° / 15°	93	13.9	11.9	6.1
Jun	23° / 14°	24	4.3	11.9	7.6
Jul	24° / 14°	9	1.4	11.9	8.2
Aug	24° / 15°	26	4	11.9	7.7
Sep	25° / 15°	85	10	12	6.5
Oct	24° / 15°	239	20.9	12.1	4.9
Nov	23° / 15°	310	25	12.1	4.1
Dec	23° / 15°	310	25.1	12.1	4.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 19% 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 58%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

	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 (%)	43	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	44	45	45	45	46	46	45	45	45	45	45	43	43	43	42	40	40	40	37	37	35	35	34
Cloudier (%)	57	56	56	56	56	56	57	57	56	55	55	55	54	54	55	55	55	55	55	57	57	57	58	60	60	60	63	63	65	65	66

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	44	56
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	42	58
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	34	66

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kabare gets around 26 mm of rain over 4 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 13% and peaks near 20% 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 (%)	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	18	18	19	20

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

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 86% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	88	87	87	87	86	86	85	85	84	84	83	83	82	81	80	79	78	77	76
Comfortable (%)	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	12	13	13	13	14	14	15	15	16	16	17	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	78	22
30	77	23
31	76	24

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August.

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)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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31	6	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 54 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 0 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:14 AM to 6:06 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:03 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	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9	11.9
Sunrise (AM)	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:06
Sunset (PM)	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:03

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.9	6:14	6:08
2	11.9	6:14	6:08
3	11.9	6:14	6:08
4	11.9	6:14	6:08
5	11.9	6:14	6:08
6	11.9	6:14	6:07
7	11.9	6:13	6:07
8	11.9	6:13	6:07
9	11.9	6:13	6:07
10	11.9	6:13	6:07
11	11.9	6:13	6:07
12	11.9	6:12	6:07
13	11.9	6:12	6:07
14	11.9	6:12	6:07
15	11.9	6:12	6:07
16	11.9	6:11	6:06
17	11.9	6:11	6:06
18	11.9	6:11	6:06
19	11.9	6:11	6:06
20	11.9	6:10	6:06
21	11.9	6:10	6:06
22	11.9	6:10	6:05
23	11.9	6:09	6:05
24	11.9	6:09	6:05
25	11.9	6:09	6:05
26	11.9	6:08	6:05
27	11.9	6:08	6:04
28	11.9	6:08	6:04
29	11.9	6:07	6:04
30	11.9	6:07	6:04
31	11.9	6:06	6:03

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.56 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.7 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.56 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	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.5	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.7
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.3	Bright
2	5.3	Bright
3	5.3	Bright
4	5.4	Bright
5	5.4	Bright
6	5.4	Bright
7	5.4	Bright
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9	5.5	Bright
10	5.5	Bright
11	5.5	Bright
12	5.5	Bright
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14	5.5	Bright
15	5.6	Bright
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17	5.6	Bright
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19	5.6	Bright
20	5.6	Bright
21	5.7	Bright
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26	5.7	Bright
27	5.7	Bright
28	5.7	Bright
29	5.7	Bright
30	5.7	Bright
31	5.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kabare

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season

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Is August a good time to visit Kabare?

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

7.7

Sightseeing

2nd-best month of the year

6.7

Beach & pool

2nd-best month of the year

August is one of the better times to visit Kabare for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Kabare in August

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

In August, Kabare sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 15°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 4 days see rain.

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UV index in Kabare 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 Kabare peaks around March 21 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 13 at about 10 (extreme).

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	16	15	12	10	10	10	14	14	13	12
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	13	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	15	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	10	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	14	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	12	Extreme

Air quality in Kabare 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 Kabare is worst in July — around 64 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.7× the cleanest month (April, 38 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)	48	51	43	38	44	56	64	64	53	44	40	44
Level	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	48	Poor
Feb	51	Poor
Mar	43	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	44	Poor
Jun	56	Unhealthy
Jul	64	Unhealthy
Aug	64	Unhealthy
Sep	53	Poor
Oct	44	Poor
Nov	40	Poor
Dec	44	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kabare?

Kabare sits at 2.5°S, 28.8°E, 1,996 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Bukavu, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Kabare

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kabare has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 448 m around an average of 1,928 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,495 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,709 m.

The land around Kabare is covered by cropland (38%), trees (26%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, grassland (31%), cropland (26%) and trees (21%) within 16 km, and trees (51%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

448 m

cropland 38%

16 km

1,495 m

grassland 31%

80 km

2,709 m

trees 51%

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

August weather nearby: Bukavu 6.0 km · Rusizi 13 km · Bushenge 22 km · Shangi 26 km · Karengera 27 km · Nyabitekeli 31 km · Bugarama 32 km · Bushekeri 34 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 Kabare (-2.4968°, 28.7908°, elevation 1,996 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	24	14
2	24	14
3	24	14
4	24	14
5	24	14
6	24	14
7	24	14
8	24	14
9	24	14
10	24	14
11	24	14
12	24	14
13	24	15
14	24	15
15	24	15
16	25	15
17	25	15
18	25	15
19	25	15
20	25	15
21	25	15
22	25	15
23	25	15
24	25	15
25	25	15
26	25	15
27	25	15
28	25	15
29	25	15
30	25	15
31	25	15

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	44	56
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	42	58
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	34	66

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	78	22
30	77	23
31	76	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	44	56
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	42	58
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	34	66

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	78	22
30	77	23
31	76	24

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	43	57
2	44	56
3	44	56
4	44	56
5	44	56
6	44	56
7	43	57
8	43	57
9	44	56
10	45	55
11	45	55
12	45	55
13	46	54
14	46	54
15	45	55
16	45	55
17	45	55
18	45	55
19	45	55
20	43	57
21	43	57
22	43	57
23	42	58
24	40	60
25	40	60
26	40	60
27	37	63
28	37	63
29	35	65
30	35	65
31	34	66

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

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)
1	91	9
2	90	10
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	89	11
9	89	11
10	89	11
11	88	12
12	88	12
13	88	12
14	87	13
15	87	13
16	87	13
17	86	14
18	86	14
19	85	15
20	85	15
21	84	16
22	84	16
23	83	17
24	83	17
25	82	18
26	81	19
27	80	20
28	79	21
29	78	22
30	77	23
31	76	24