Mulongo weather in August

In August, Mulongo sees average daytime highs of 34°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 4 mm of rain across 0.7 wet days and about 11.7 hours of daylight. It is the 1st-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 59% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 42 min at the start of August to 11 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Mulongo's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mulongo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
34°
1st warmest
Overnight low
21°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
4 mm
0.7 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:24 AM – 6:08 PM
Cloud cover
36%
3rd clearest
Wind
7 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Mulongo is town in Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Density
1,295/km²
people per km²

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 34°C through the month.

A typical August day in Mulongo reaches about 34°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Mulongo

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.

Mulongo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 1st-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 21°2282412.43.9
Feb29° / 22°17018.812.33.9
Mar29° / 22°17921.112.13.8
Apr30° / 22°1091511.84.2
May33° / 21°132.911.64.4
Jun33° / 20°00.111.64.3
Jul33° / 19°0011.64.3
Aug34° / 21°40.711.73.6
Sep34° / 22°286.1123.4
Oct31° / 22°11918.512.23.6
Nov29° / 21°20023.412.43.6
Dec28° / 21°23126.412.43.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 59% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 22%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mulongo gets around 4 mm of rain over 0.7 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 2% and peaks near 5% on the wettest days.

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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 68% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 6% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
186842
285852
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 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
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 42 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 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:28 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 6:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
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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 5.98 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.01 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in August across the year — August's 5.98 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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

Hazard calendar for Mulongo

In seasonPeak

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

Mulongo's monsoon runs October–April, 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 Mulongo?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
7.4
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mulongo. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Mulongo in August

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

In August, Mulongo sees daytime highs around 34°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mulongo 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 Mulongo 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 Mulongo 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 Mulongo is worst in July — around 176 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 17.5× the cleanest month (April, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyVery unhealthyUnhealthyModerateJul 20171 µg/m³Apr 1010 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan15Moderate
Feb15Moderate
Mar11Good
Apr10Good
May25Moderate
Jun100Unhealthy
Jul176Very unhealthy
Aug148Unhealthy
Sep49Poor
Oct26Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec12Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mulongo?

Mulongo sits at 7.8°S, 27.0°E, 597 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Malemba-Nkulu, 32 km away.

BukamaKabaloPwetoNyunzuKamina

Topography around Mulongo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mulongo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 152 m around an average of 584 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 406 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,168 m.

The land around Mulongo is covered by water (35%) within 3 km, shrubs (28%) and grassland (22%) within 16 km, and trees (50%) and grassland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
152 m
16 km
406 m
80 km
1,168 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Malemba-Nkulu 32 km · Manono 74 km · Kipamba 76 km · Bukama 198 km · Kabalo 198 km · Pweto 221 km · Nyunzu 237 km · Kamina 242 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 Mulongo (-7.8349°, 26.9985°, elevation 597 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).