Malemba-Nkulu weather in August

In August, Malemba-Nkulu sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.4 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% 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 Malemba-Nkulu's 3rd-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malemba-Nkulu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
2nd warmest
Overnight low
20°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.4 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:25 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
32%
3rd clearest
Wind
6 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
6.15 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 34°C through the month.

A typical August day in Malemba-Nkulu reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 13°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 35°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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How August really feels in Malemba-Nkulu

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.

Malemba-Nkulu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 2nd-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 21°2792512.43.6
Feb29° / 22°20219.512.33.8
Mar29° / 22°18620.612.13.9
Apr30° / 22°8612.411.84.5
May32° / 21°71.711.64.7
Jun33° / 20°00.111.54.9
Jul33° / 19°0011.65.0
Aug34° / 20°20.411.74.0
Sep34° / 22°224.7123.4
Oct31° / 22°11417.612.23.5
Nov29° / 21°20823.812.43.5
Dec28° / 21°26926.412.53.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 18%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18416
28416
38416
48416
58416
68317
78317
88317
98317
108218
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Malemba-Nkulu gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.4 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 1% and peaks near 3% 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 65% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 5% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1831241
2831241
3821341
4811342
5791452
6781552
7781552
8761662
9741763
10731773
11711883
12711883
13681994
146719104
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166519115
176320125
186320125
196120136
206021136
215921146
225821147
235622157
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255522158
265422168
275223169
285123179
2949231710
3048231811
3146231912

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 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
96calm
106calm
116calm
126calm
136calm
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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 6:30 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:08 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:306:08
211.66:296:08
311.76:296:08
411.76:296:08
511.76:296:09
611.76:286:09
711.76:286:09
811.76:286:09
911.76:276:09
1011.76:276:09
1111.76:276:09
1211.76:266:09
1311.76:266:09
1411.76:266:09
1511.76:256:09
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1711.76:246:09
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1911.86:246:09
2011.86:236:09
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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 6.15 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.17 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in September across the year — August's 6.15 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.0Intense
26.0Intense
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46.0Intense
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286.3Intense
296.3Intense
306.3Intense
316.3Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Malemba-Nkulu

In seasonPeak

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

Malemba-Nkulu's monsoon runs November–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 Malemba-Nkulu?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
7.7
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Malemba-Nkulu in August

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

In August, Malemba-Nkulu sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Malemba-Nkulu 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 Malemba-Nkulu peaks around March 14 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 16 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highVery highExtremeMar 14UV 15Aug 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan13Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug7High
Sep9Very high
Oct12Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec12Extreme

Air quality in Malemba-Nkulu 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 Malemba-Nkulu is worst in August — around 90 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 8.3× the cleanest month (December, 11 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyModerateAug 1089 µg/m³Apr 911 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan14Moderate
Feb14Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr11Good
May30Moderate
Jun82Unhealthy
Jul88Unhealthy
Aug90Unhealthy
Sep68Unhealthy
Oct37Poor
Nov20Moderate
Dec11Good
Location & terrain

Where is Malemba-Nkulu?

Malemba-Nkulu sits at 8.0°S, 26.8°E, 572 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Mulongo, 32 km away.

BukamaKaminaKabaloPwetoNchelenge

Topography around Malemba-Nkulu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malemba-Nkulu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 571 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 262 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,277 m.

The land around Malemba-Nkulu is covered by grassland (28%) and trees (24%) within 3 km, shrubs (26%), wetland (22%) and grassland (21%) within 16 km, and trees (47%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
262 m
80 km
1,277 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Mulongo 32 km · Kipamba 45 km · Manono 106 km · Bukama 165 km · Kamina 212 km · Kabalo 222 km · Pweto 236 km · Nchelenge 257 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 Malemba-Nkulu (-8.0448°, 26.7963°, elevation 572 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).