Kalalé weather in August

In August, Kalalé sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 268 mm of rain across 26.4 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-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 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kalalé's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kalalé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
4th coldest
Rainfall
268 mm
26.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:40 AM – 7:01 PM
Cloud cover
82%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Kalalé is town in Benin.

Density
10/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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kalalé 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 about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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52923
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How August really feels in Kalalé

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.

Kalalé weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 21°10.111.54.2
Feb36° / 23°10.311.72.6
Mar38° / 26°61.511.91.3
Apr37° / 26°326.912.21.4
May35° / 25°8714.712.52.3
Jun32° / 24°12818.612.63.1
Jul30° / 23°20522.912.53.4
Aug29° / 22°26826.412.33.3
Sep30° / 23°18621.212.13.5
Oct33° / 23°569.211.83.8
Nov35° / 22°10.211.53.3
Dec34° / 21°00.111.44.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 88%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21585
31486
41486
51387
61288
71288
81288
91189
101189
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kalalé gets around 268 mm of rain over 26.4 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 85% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
183
284
384
484
585
685
785
885
985
1085
1185
1285
1385
1485
1585
1685
1785
1885
1985
2085
2185
2285
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2485
2585
2685
2785
2884
2984
3083
3183

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 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1397
2397
3397
4397
5397
6397
7496
8397
9397
10397
11397
12397
13397
14397
15397
16397
17298
18298
19298
20298
21298
22298
23298
24199
25199
26199
27199
28199
29199
30199
31199

Wind in August

Winds average 7 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
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317calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:39 AM to 6:40 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 6:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:397:06
212.56:397:06
312.46:397:06
412.46:397:05
512.46:397:05
612.46:397:05
712.46:407:04
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1912.36:406:59
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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 4.42 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.42 kWh/m² to a high of 6.62 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.42 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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294.5Bright
304.6Bright
314.6Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kalalé

In seasonPeak

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

Kalalé's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kalalé sees seasonal dust haze (January–June), heaviest in March.

Monsoon
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Kalalé?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kalalé.

What to pack for Kalalé in August

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

In August, Kalalé sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Kalalé in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kalalé peaks around April 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 14UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kalalé 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 Kalalé is worst in February — around 94 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.5× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1193 µg/m³Aug 1015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan86Unhealthy
Feb94Unhealthy
Mar67Unhealthy
Apr49Poor
May27Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov46Poor
Dec74Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kalalé?

Kalalé sits at 10.3°N, 3.4°E, 406 m above sea level, in Benin. The nearest listed city is Nikki, 44 km away.

NikkiBabanaPèrèrèSégbanaBembèrèkèNdaliKaiamaKandi

Topography around Kalalé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kalalé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 81 m around an average of 398 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 210 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 339 m.

The land around Kalalé is covered by trees (43%) and shrubs (41%) within 3 km, shrubs (48%) and cropland (29%) within 16 km, and shrubs (47%) and cropland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
81 m
16 km
210 m
80 km
339 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Nikki 44 km · Babana 50 km · Pèrèrè 70 km · Ségbana 78 km · Bembèrèkè 79 km · Ndali 87 km · Kaiama 98 km · Kandi 105 km

Benin travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,658
2025
Happiness
4.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
18%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
26.8
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 406
Religion
Muslim 28%Roman Catholic 26%Protestant 14%Vodoun 12%

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 Kalalé (10.2927°, 3.3837°, elevation 406 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).