Kasongo weather in August

In August, Kasongo sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 43 mm of rain across 8.9 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Kasongo's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kasongo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
3rd warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
43 mm
8.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:22 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover
57%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
5.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Kasongo is town and territory in Maniema Province, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kasongo reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 2°C warmer than September.

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

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.

Kasongo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 3rd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 21°17922.312.23.9
Feb29° / 22°1541812.13.9
Mar29° / 22°19421.8123.7
Apr29° / 22°1652111.93.7
May31° / 22°6411.611.84.4
Jun32° / 21°143.411.74.6
Jul33° / 21°92.311.84.4
Aug32° / 21°438.911.94.2
Sep30° / 22°10617.8123.9
Oct29° / 21°20625.112.13.6
Nov28° / 21°24525.812.23.8
Dec28° / 21°20925.212.33.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 28% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 26% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 47%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15743
25743
35743
45842
55743
65743
75743
85743
95743
105743
115743
125743
135743
145644
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225149
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264852
274753
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294654
304555
314357

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kasongo gets around 43 mm of rain over 8.9 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 29% and peaks near 44% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
116
217
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418
519
619
720
821
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1225
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2134
2235
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3043
3144

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 63% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 77% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
171524485
271424506
361423516
451323527
551223537
641122567
741122567
841021578
93920608
103820618
113719629
123718639
132617669
1425166710
1525156711
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2023106916
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301256626
311146628

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)Feels
16calm
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316calm

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 6:25 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:256:14
211.86:256:14
311.86:256:14
411.86:256:14
511.86:256:14
611.86:246:14
711.86:246:14
811.86:246:14
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1011.86:236:13
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1411.86:226:13
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3011.96:166:11
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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 5.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.81 kWh/m² to a high of 5.42 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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315.3Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kasongo

In seasonPeak

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

Kasongo'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 Kasongo?

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

4.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
6.6
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kasongo in August

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

In August, Kasongo sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 9 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kasongo 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 Kasongo peaks around March 19 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 13 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 19UV 15Aug 13UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb14Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug6High
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec11Extreme

Air quality in Kasongo 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 Kasongo is worst in July — around 138 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 13.9× the cleanest month (April, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateGoodJul 13134 µg/m³Apr 910 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb16Moderate
Mar12Moderate
Apr10Good
May46Poor
Jun114Unhealthy
Jul138Unhealthy
Aug81Unhealthy
Sep30Moderate
Oct15Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Kasongo?

Kasongo sits at 4.4°S, 26.7°E, 640 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Kampene, 92 km away.

LubaoKabaloKinduKalimaNyunzuUvira

Topography around Kasongo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kasongo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 121 m around an average of 625 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 335 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 651 m.

The land around Kasongo is covered by grassland (41%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, grassland (49%), trees (28%) and shrubs (21%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) and grassland (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
121 m
16 km
335 m
80 km
651 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Kampene 92 km · Kongolo 113 km · Lubao 147 km · Kabalo 183 km · Kindu 184 km · Kalima 208 km · Nyunzu 226 km · Uvira 297 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 Kasongo (-4.4274°, 26.6666°, elevation 640 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).