Kasangulu weather in August

In August, Kasangulu sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.9 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-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 8% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

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 Kasangulu's 6th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kasangulu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
10th warmest
Overnight low
20°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 48 min
6:08 AM – 5:59 PM
Cloud cover
73%
6th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.47 kWh/m²
Travel score
6.1
out of 10

Kasangulu is place in Kongo Central, 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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kasangulu reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Kasangulu weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°12020.212.23.7
Feb31° / 23°10416.612.13.6
Mar31° / 23°12219.6123.3
Apr31° / 23°16122.911.93.0
May30° / 22°8215.811.84.2
Jun29° / 21°41.211.76.4
Jul29° / 20°10.111.86.7
Aug29° / 20°40.911.96.1
Sep31° / 22°165.1124.9
Oct31° / 22°11819.312.13.6
Nov30° / 22°18925.212.23.2
Dec29° / 22°15624.612.33.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 8% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12971
22773
32773
42773
52773
62872
72773
82773
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112674
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kasangulu gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.9 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 7% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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31
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 30% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
158213
258114
358015
448016
547917
647818
747719
847521
947422
1047224
1137225
1237027
1336928
1436730
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1826434
1926335
2016435
2116336
2216336
2316237
2416237
2506238
2606238
2706139
2806040
2905941
3005842
3105743

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
38calm
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68calm
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108calm
118calm
128calm
138calm
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288calm
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318calm

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 6:11 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 5:59 PM to 5:57 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:115:59
211.86:115:59
311.86:115:59
411.86:115:59
511.86:115:59
611.86:115:59
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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 4.47 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.47 kWh/m² to a high of 5.29 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.47 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.7Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kasangulu

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Kasangulu?

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

6.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kasangulu in August

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

In August, Kasangulu sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes.

light clothes

UV index in Kasangulu 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 Kasangulu peaks around March 17 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 11 at about 6 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highHighExtremeMar 17UV 15Aug 11UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan14Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May9Very high
Jun7High
Jul7High
Aug6High
Sep10Very high
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Kasangulu 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 Kasangulu is worst in June — around 60 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 1.8× the cleanest month (January, 33 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModeratePoorUnhealthyPoorModerateJun 2259 µg/m³Jan 1433 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan33Moderate
Feb36Poor
Mar36Poor
Apr39Poor
May53Poor
Jun60Unhealthy
Jul59Unhealthy
Aug55Poor
Sep58Unhealthy
Oct45Poor
Nov33Moderate
Dec34Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Kasangulu?

Kasangulu sits at 4.6°S, 15.2°E, 413 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kinshasa, 33 km away.

KimpeseLoutétéMouyondzi

Topography around Kasangulu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kasangulu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 154 m around an average of 415 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 417 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 631 m.

The land around Kasangulu is covered by trees (36%) and grassland (35%) within 3 km, trees (46%) and grassland (34%) within 16 km, and grassland (48%) and trees (38%) within 80 km.

3 km
154 m
16 km
417 m
80 km
631 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Kinshasa 33 km · Masina 33 km · Brazzaville 38 km · Inkisi 62 km · Mbanza-Ngungu 82 km · Kimpese 136 km · Loutété 149 km · Mouyondzi 152 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 Kasangulu (-4.5833°, 15.1655°, elevation 413 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).