Kipushi weather in August

In August, Kipushi sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 14°C, with 0 mm of rain across 0 wet days and about 11.6 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 29°C by the end. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 30 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kipushi's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kipushi's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 4th warmest
Overnight low: 14°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 0 mm; 0 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 36 min; 6:27 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover: 23%; 3rd clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 6.23 kWh/m²
Travel score: 8.3; out of 10

Kipushi is localite, capital of the territory of the Haut-Katanga province in the 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

Highs climb over the month, from about 26°C in the first days to 29°C by the end.

A typical August day in Kipushi reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 14°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C warmer than July and about 3°C cooler than 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)	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	13	13	13	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16

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

Kipushi weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 4th-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	25° / 17°	290	28.8	12.6	3.7
Feb	26° / 17°	236	24.9	12.4	3.9
Mar	26° / 17°	202	24.4	12.1	4.5
Apr	26° / 16°	45	8	11.7	6.9
May	26° / 15°	3	0.8	11.5	8.4
Jun	25° / 12°	0	0	11.3	9.2
Jul	25° / 12°	0	0	11.4	9.3
Aug	28° / 14°	0	0	11.6	8.3
Sep	30° / 17°	3	0.8	11.9	6.2
Oct	31° / 19°	31	5.6	12.3	5.1
Nov	28° / 18°	152	20.5	12.5	4.3
Dec	26° / 17°	255	28.5	12.7	3.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 74% 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 10%.

	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 (%)	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88
Cloudier (%)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	88	12
31	88	12

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kipushi gets around 0 mm of rain over 0 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 0% and peaks near 0% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

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 100% 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 (%)	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	11	calm
10	11	calm
11	11	calm
12	11	calm
13	11	calm
14	11	calm
15	11	calm
16	11	calm
17	11	calm
18	11	calm
19	11	calm
20	11	calm
21	11	calm
22	11	calm
23	11	calm
24	11	calm
25	12	calm
26	12	calm
27	12	calm
28	12	calm
29	12	calm
30	12	calm
31	12	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 30 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 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:33 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:01 PM to 6:04 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)	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.7	11.8
Sunrise (AM)	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:30	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:18
Sunset (PM)	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:03	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.5	6:33	6:01
2	11.5	6:32	6:02
3	11.5	6:32	6:02
4	11.5	6:32	6:02
5	11.5	6:32	6:02
6	11.5	6:31	6:02
7	11.5	6:31	6:02
8	11.5	6:30	6:02
9	11.5	6:30	6:03
10	11.6	6:30	6:03
11	11.6	6:29	6:03
12	11.6	6:29	6:03
13	11.6	6:28	6:03
14	11.6	6:28	6:03
15	11.6	6:27	6:03
16	11.6	6:27	6:03
17	11.6	6:26	6:03
18	11.6	6:26	6:03
19	11.6	6:25	6:04
20	11.6	6:25	6:04
21	11.7	6:24	6:04
22	11.7	6:24	6:04
23	11.7	6:23	6:04
24	11.7	6:23	6:04
25	11.7	6:22	6:04
26	11.7	6:21	6:04
27	11.7	6:21	6:04
28	11.7	6:20	6:04
29	11.7	6:20	6:04
30	11.7	6:19	6:04
31	11.8	6:18	6:04

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.08 kWh/m² to a high of 6.91 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 6.23 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

	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)	5.8	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.6	6.6	6.6	6.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	5.8	Bright
2	5.9	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	6.0	Bright
7	6.0	Bright
8	6.0	Intense
9	6.0	Intense
10	6.1	Intense
11	6.1	Intense
12	6.1	Intense
13	6.1	Intense
14	6.2	Intense
15	6.2	Intense
16	6.2	Intense
17	6.3	Intense
18	6.3	Intense
19	6.3	Intense
20	6.3	Intense
21	6.4	Intense
22	6.4	Intense
23	6.4	Intense
24	6.5	Intense
25	6.5	Intense
26	6.5	Intense
27	6.5	Intense
28	6.6	Intense
29	6.6	Intense
30	6.6	Intense
31	6.7	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kipushi

In seasonPeak

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

Kipushi's monsoon runs November–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Kipushi?

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

8.3

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

8.9

Beach & pool

1st-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Kipushi in August

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

In August, Kipushi sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 14°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

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UV index in Kipushi 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 Kipushi peaks around January 21 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 9 (very high).

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)	16	15	16	14	10	9	10	10	12	13	13	13
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	16	Extreme
Feb	15	Extreme
Mar	16	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	10	Extreme
Jun	9	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	10	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	13	Extreme

Air quality in Kipushi 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 Kipushi is worst in August — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.3× the cleanest month (April, 11 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)	13	14	12	11	13	34	68	83	57	37	16	12
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	13	Moderate
Feb	14	Moderate
Mar	12	Moderate
Apr	11	Good
May	13	Moderate
Jun	34	Moderate
Jul	68	Unhealthy
Aug	83	Unhealthy
Sep	57	Unhealthy
Oct	37	Poor
Nov	16	Moderate
Dec	12	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Kipushi?

Kipushi sits at 11.8°S, 27.3°E, 1,348 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Lubumbashi, 27 km away.

Topography around Kipushi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kipushi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 98 m around an average of 1,331 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 445 m.

The land around Kipushi is covered by cropland (36%) and artificial surfaces (31%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) within 16 km, and trees (56%) and grassland (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

98 m

cropland 36%

16 km

210 m

grassland 49%

80 km

445 m

trees 56%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland

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

August weather nearby: Lubumbashi 27 km · Chililabombwe 91 km · Kansanshi 97 km · Likasi 103 km · Solwezi 104 km · Chingola 110 km · Kambove 122 km · Chambishi 130 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 Kipushi (-11.761°, 27.2513°, elevation 1,348 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	26	13
2	26	13
3	26	13
4	26	13
5	27	13
6	27	13
7	27	14
8	27	14
9	27	14
10	27	14
11	27	14
12	27	14
13	27	14
14	27	14
15	28	14
16	28	14
17	28	14
18	28	15
19	28	15
20	28	15
21	28	15
22	28	15
23	28	15
24	28	15
25	29	15
26	29	15
27	29	15
28	29	15
29	29	16
30	29	16
31	29	16

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	88	12
31	88	12

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	88	12
31	88	12

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	89	11
2	89	11
3	90	10
4	90	10
5	90	10
6	90	10
7	90	10
8	90	10
9	90	10
10	90	10
11	90	10
12	90	10
13	90	10
14	90	10
15	90	10
16	90	10
17	91	9
18	91	9
19	91	9
20	91	9
21	90	10
22	90	10
23	90	10
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	89	11
28	89	11
29	89	11
30	88	12
31	88	12

	Rain chance (%)
1	0
2	0
3	0
4	0
5	0
6	0
7	0
8	0
9	0
10	0
11	0
12	0
13	0
14	0
15	0
16	0
17	0
18	0
19	0
20	0
21	0
22	0
23	0
24	0
25	0
26	0
27	0
28	0
29	0
30	0
31	0

	Dry (%)
1	100
2	100
3	100
4	100
5	100
6	100
7	100
8	100
9	100
10	100
11	100
12	100
13	100
14	100
15	100
16	100
17	100
18	100
19	100
20	100
21	100
22	100
23	100
24	100
25	100
26	100
27	100
28	100
29	100
30	100
31	100