Zongo weather in August

In August, Zongo sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 157 mm of rain across 23.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Zongo's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zongo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 157 mm; 23.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 06 min; 5:45 AM – 5:54 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 12th clearest
Wind: 5 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.89 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Zongo is city in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Density: 98/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1971

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

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Zongo reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

How August really feels in Zongo

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Zongo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 21°	11	2.1	11.8	3.8
Feb	34° / 22°	25	4.8	11.9	3.0
Mar	33° / 24°	88	13.1	12	3.0
Apr	32° / 24°	111	15.6	12.1	3.2
May	32° / 23°	104	16.8	12.2	3.5
Jun	31° / 23°	86	15.7	12.2	4.0
Jul	30° / 22°	109	19.5	12.2	4.0
Aug	29° / 22°	157	23.6	12.1	3.6
Sep	30° / 22°	158	23.5	12	3.4
Oct	30° / 22°	189	25.2	11.9	3.3
Nov	31° / 22°	103	15.7	11.8	3.9
Dec	32° / 21°	16	3.4	11.8	4.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

	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 (%)	21	21	21	20	21	21	22	21	22	22	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	18	18	18	18	19	19	18	19
Cloudier (%)	79	79	79	80	79	79	78	79	78	78	77	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	82	81	81	82	81

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	19	81

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Zongo gets around 157 mm of rain over 23.6 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 76% and peaks near 82% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	69	69	69	69	69	70	70	71	71	72	73	74	74	75	76	77	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	69
6	70
7	70
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	74
13	74
14	75
15	76
16	77
17	78
18	79
19	79
20	80
21	80
22	81
23	81
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	82

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 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	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
Muggy (%)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Oppressive (%)	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	98	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	99	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 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)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:46 AM to 5:43 AM, and sunset from 5:57 PM to 5:48 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)	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:43
Sunset (PM)	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:56	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:55	5:54	5:54	5:54	5:53	5:53	5:53	5:52	5:52	5:52	5:51	5:51	5:50	5:50	5:50	5:49	5:49	5:48

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:46	5:57
2	12.2	5:46	5:57
3	12.2	5:46	5:57
4	12.2	5:46	5:57
5	12.2	5:46	5:57
6	12.2	5:46	5:57
7	12.2	5:46	5:56
8	12.2	5:46	5:56
9	12.2	5:46	5:56
10	12.2	5:46	5:56
11	12.2	5:46	5:55
12	12.2	5:46	5:55
13	12.2	5:46	5:55
14	12.2	5:46	5:55
15	12.1	5:46	5:54
16	12.1	5:45	5:54
17	12.1	5:45	5:54
18	12.1	5:45	5:53
19	12.1	5:45	5:53
20	12.1	5:45	5:53
21	12.1	5:45	5:52
22	12.1	5:45	5:52
23	12.1	5:45	5:52
24	12.1	5:44	5:51
25	12.1	5:44	5:51
26	12.1	5:44	5:50
27	12.1	5:44	5:50
28	12.1	5:44	5:50
29	12.1	5:43	5:49
30	12.1	5:43	5:49
31	12.1	5:43	5:48

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.89 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.89 kWh/m² to a high of 6.04 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 4.89 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	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)	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.8	Bright
3	4.8	Bright
4	4.8	Bright
5	4.8	Bright
6	4.8	Bright
7	4.8	Bright
8	4.8	Bright
9	4.8	Bright
10	4.8	Bright
11	4.8	Bright
12	4.8	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	5.0	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.0	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Zongo

In seasonPeak

In August, Zongo sits inside its rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Zongo's rainy season runs March–November, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Zongo?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zongo.

What to pack for Zongo in August

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

In August, Zongo sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

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UV index in Zongo in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Zongo peaks around March 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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)	11	12	13	13	11	10	10	13	11	13	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	10	Very high
Jul	10	Very high
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	11	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Zongo 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 Zongo is worst in January — around 142 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 10.1× the cleanest month (September, 14 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)	142	97	44	26	19	20	19	16	14	18	38	123
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	142	Unhealthy
Feb	97	Unhealthy
Mar	44	Poor
Apr	26	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	19	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	14	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	38	Poor
Dec	123	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Zongo?

Zongo sits at 4.3°N, 18.6°E, 356 m above sea level, in Democratic Republic of the Congo. The nearest listed city is Bangui, 5.0 km away.

Topography around Zongo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zongo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 276 m around an average of 386 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 368 m.

The land around Zongo is covered by grassland (46%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and grassland (37%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and grassland (32%) within 80 km.

3 km

276 m

grassland 46%

16 km

330 m

trees 43%

80 km

368 m

trees 60%

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

August weather nearby: Bangui 5.0 km · Bégoua 14 km · Bimbo 22 km · Bobangui 62 km · Boali 73 km · Libenge 77 km · Mbaïki 85 km · Mindouli 138 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 Zongo (4.3428°, 18.5945°, elevation 356 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	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	69
6	70
7	70
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	74
13	74
14	75
15	76
16	77
17	78
18	79
19	79
20	80
21	80
22	81
23	81
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	82

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	69
6	70
7	70
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	74
13	74
14	75
15	76
16	77
17	78
18	79
19	79
20	80
21	80
22	81
23	81
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	82

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	21	79
2	21	79
3	21	79
4	20	80
5	21	79
6	21	79
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	22	78
10	22	78
11	23	77
12	22	78
13	22	78
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	21	79
18	21	79
19	20	80
20	20	80
21	20	80
22	19	81
23	19	81
24	18	82
25	18	82
26	18	82
27	18	82
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	18	82
31	19	81

	Rain chance (%)
1	69
2	69
3	69
4	69
5	69
6	70
7	70
8	71
9	71
10	72
11	73
12	74
13	74
14	75
15	76
16	77
17	78
18	79
19	79
20	80
21	80
22	81
23	81
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	82

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	2	98
2	2	98
3	2	98
4	2	98
5	2	98
6	2	98
7	2	98
8	2	98
9	2	98
10	1	99
11	1	99
12	1	99
13	1	99
14	1	99
15	1	99
16	1	99
17	1	99
18	1	99
19	1	99
20	1	99
21	1	99
22	1	99
23	0	100
24	0	100
25	0	100
26	0	100
27	0	100
28	0	100
29	0	100
30	0	100
31	0	100