Kamina weather in August

In August, Kamina sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-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 56% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kamina's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kamina's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
1st warmest
Overnight low
19°
10th coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:33 AM – 6:15 PM
Cloud cover
36%
3rd clearest
Wind
9 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.97 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.8
out of 10

Kamina is city in the Democratic Republic of the 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 Kamina reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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Kamina weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 19°21626.412.53.9
Feb27° / 19°17822.812.34.0
Mar27° / 19°19924.712.14.1
Apr28° / 19°8913.711.85.5
May29° / 19°71.511.66.6
Jun29° / 18°00.111.56.9
Jul30° / 18°00.111.56.9
Aug31° / 19°40.711.75.8
Sep31° / 20°356.511.94.9
Oct29° / 19°12319.812.24.2
Nov27° / 19°21025.612.43.9
Dec27° / 19°2242712.53.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 56% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 23%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18119
28119
37921
47921
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kamina gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.7 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 3% and peaks near 6% on the wettest days.

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

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
196310
296310
396310
495410
595410
695410
794510
894510
992620
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1191720
1290730
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28751681
29731791
30721891
317019101

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
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319calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 36 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 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 6:38 AM to 6:25 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:15 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:386:14
211.66:376:15
311.66:376:15
411.66:376:15
511.66:376:15
611.66:366:15
711.66:366:15
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1211.76:346:15
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1611.76:336:15
1711.76:326:15
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1911.76:316:15
2011.76:316:15
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2211.86:306:15
2311.86:306:15
2411.86:296:15
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2611.86:286:15
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2811.86:276:15
2911.86:266:15
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3111.86:256:15

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.97 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.99 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 5.97 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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186.0Bright
196.0Bright
206.0Bright
216.0Bright
226.0Intense
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246.0Intense
256.0Intense
266.1Intense
276.1Intense
286.1Intense
296.1Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kamina

In seasonPeak

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

Kamina's monsoon runs October–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Kamina?

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

5.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
8.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kamina in August

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

In August, Kamina sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 19°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Kamina in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 7 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kamina peaks around March 10 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeMar 10UV 15Aug 13UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar16Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7High
Sep11Extreme
Oct15Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Kamina 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 Kamina is worst in August — around 184 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 19.6× the cleanest month (April, 9 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyModerateGoodAug 15174 µg/m³Apr 910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr9Good
May27Moderate
Jun43Poor
Jul115Unhealthy
Aug184Very unhealthy
Sep85Unhealthy
Oct26Moderate
Nov13Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kamina?

Kamina sits at 8.7°S, 25.0°E, 1,124 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Bukama, 108 km away.

KanyamaKipambaMalembaMalemba-NkuluLuputaKolweziMulongo

Topography around Kamina

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kamina has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 1,115 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 496 m.

The land around Kamina is covered by artificial surfaces (40%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, grassland (74%) within 16 km, and grassland (59%) and trees (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
82 m
16 km
213 m
80 km
496 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
August weather nearby: Bukama 108 km · Kanyama 163 km · Kipamba 167 km · Malemba 189 km · Malemba-Nkulu 212 km · Luputa 226 km · Kolwezi 226 km · Mulongo 242 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 Kamina (-8.7351°, 24.998°, elevation 1,124 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).