Mwene weather in August

In August, Mwene sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 2 mm of rain across 0.5 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 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% 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 Mwene's 3rd-clearest and 3rd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mwene's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
1st warmest
Overnight low
18°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
2 mm
0.5 wet days
Daylight
11 h 42 min
6:42 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover
33%
3rd clearest
Wind
8 km/h
3rd windiest
Solar energy
5.9 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Mwene reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 14°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 31°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°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 Mwene

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.

Mwene 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
Jan27° / 19°22426.212.53.8
Feb28° / 19°20322.912.33.9
Mar28° / 19°18324.312.14.1
Apr29° / 19°7913.311.85.0
May31° / 18°40.811.65.7
Jun31° / 17°00.111.46.0
Jul31° / 16°0011.55.9
Aug33° / 18°20.511.74.8
Sep33° / 20°275.711.94.1
Oct30° / 20°10217.712.23.8
Nov28° / 19°16723.912.43.9
Dec27° / 19°21526.912.63.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18416
28317
38317
48317
58317
68218
78218
88317
98317
108218
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mwene gets around 2 mm of rain over 0.5 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 84% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
198200
298200
397300
497300
597300
696400
795410
894510
994510
1093610
1192710
1291720
1390820
1489920
15871030
16861130
17841240
18841240
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20811450
21791560
22781660
23761770
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25731980
26722080
27702190
286821101
296722101
306523111
316324121

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 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
18calm
28calm
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128calm
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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 6:48 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.66:486:22
211.66:476:22
311.66:476:22
411.66:476:22
511.66:476:22
611.66:466:22
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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 5.9 kWh/m² — the sunniest month for solar.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.86 kWh/m² to a high of 5.9 kWh/m² in August across the year — August's 5.9 kWh/m² sits near the top of that range.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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316.0Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Mwene

In seasonPeak

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

Mwene's monsoon runs October–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 Mwene?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
8.0
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

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

What to pack for Mwene in August

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

In August, Mwene sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 18°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Mwene in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 8 — enough to warrant sun protection. The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Mwene peaks around January 20 at about 15 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near August 10 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeJan 20UV 15Aug 10UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan15Extreme
Feb15Extreme
Mar15Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul8Very high
Aug8Very high
Sep11Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov12Extreme
Dec13Extreme

Air quality in Mwene 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 Mwene is worst in August — around 191 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 23.6× the cleanest month (April, 8 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyVery unhealthyModerateGoodAug 9190 µg/m³Apr 108 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan12Moderate
Feb13Moderate
Mar10Good
Apr8Good
May25Moderate
Jun62Unhealthy
Jul189Very unhealthy
Aug191Very unhealthy
Sep53Poor
Oct19Moderate
Nov10Good
Dec9Good
Location & terrain

Where is Mwene?

Mwene sits at 9.8°S, 22.9°E, 908 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Luau, 122 km away.

LuauTshilengeMalembaCazomboKaminaSaurimoMwinilungaLucapa

Topography around Mwene

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mwene has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 61 m around an average of 907 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 270 m.

The land around Mwene is covered by trees (36%), wetland (26%) and shrubs (20%) within 3 km, grassland (36%), trees (32%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and trees (48%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
61 m
16 km
143 m
80 km
270 m
treesshrubsgrasslandwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Luau 122 km · Tshilenge 128 km · Malemba 194 km · Cazombo 232 km · Kamina 263 km · Saurimo 272 km · Mwinilunga 273 km · Lucapa 280 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 Mwene (-9.817°, 22.8702°, elevation 908 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).