Lodja weather in August

In August, Lodja sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 73 mm of rain across 14.9 wet days and about 11.9 hours of daylight. It is the 4th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Lodja's 3rd-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Lodja's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
4th warmest
Overnight low
21°
7th coldest
Rainfall
73 mm
14.9 wet days
Daylight
11 h 54 min
6:33 AM – 6:26 PM
Cloud cover
67%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.02 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.2
out of 10

Lodja is city in Sankuru, 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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Lodja reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°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 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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

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.

Lodja 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 22°11218.312.23.9
Feb30° / 22°1031712.13.6
Mar30° / 22°13120.6123.5
Apr29° / 22°14021.711.93.6
May30° / 22°8516.311.84.3
Jun31° / 21°296.711.85.0
Jul31° / 21°245.211.84.9
Aug30° / 21°7314.911.94.2
Sep30° / 21°11821.5123.6
Oct29° / 21°14624.412.13.4
Nov29° / 21°14823.712.23.6
Dec29° / 21°13221.412.23.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 61%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34357
44357
54357
64258
74357
84258
94357
104159
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Lodja gets around 73 mm of rain over 14.9 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 48% and peaks near 60% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
133
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 50% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
114125528
203115729
303105730
40395731
50295633
60285634
70275536
80165637
90155539
100145540
110145342
120135343
130135145
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200014257
210014059
220013861
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260013267
270013168
280013069
290012970
300012871
310012772

Wind in August

Winds average 6 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 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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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 6:36 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.86:366:27
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311.86:366:27
411.96:366:27
511.96:366:27
611.96:366:27
711.96:356:27
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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 5.02 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.89 kWh/m² to a high of 5.57 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.02 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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285.2Bright
295.2Bright
305.2Bright
315.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Is August a good time to visit Lodja?

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
5.9
Beach & pool
3rd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Lodja for sightseeing.

What to pack for Lodja in August

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

In August, Lodja sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 15 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Lodja 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 Lodja peaks around March 18 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 10 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 18UV 14Aug 10UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Very high
Jun7Very high
Jul7Very high
Aug7Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Lodja 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 Lodja is worst in July — around 228 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 21.5× the cleanest month (November, 11 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210240JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateUnhealthyVery unhealthyModerateGoodModerateJul 15210 µg/m³Nov 1411 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan18Moderate
Feb21Moderate
Mar15Moderate
Apr12Good
May22Moderate
Jun103Unhealthy
Jul228Very unhealthy
Aug57Unhealthy
Sep21Moderate
Oct13Moderate
Nov11Good
Dec15Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Lodja?

Lodja sits at 3.5°S, 23.6°E, 478 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Lukula, 50 km away.

LusamboDembaKinduMwekaKabeya-KamwangaMbuji-MayiKananga

Topography around Lodja

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Lodja has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 86 m around an average of 456 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 180 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 304 m.

The land around Lodja is covered by trees (58%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, trees (69%) and grassland (24%) within 16 km, and trees (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
86 m
16 km
180 m
80 km
304 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Lukula 50 km · Lusambo 163 km · Demba 265 km · Kindu 266 km · Mweka 270 km · Kabeya-Kamwanga 278 km · Mbuji-Mayi 291 km · Kananga 295 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 Lodja (-3.521°, 23.6005°, elevation 478 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).