Malanville weather in August

In August, Malanville sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 223 mm of rain across 22.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 Malanville's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Malanville's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
5th coldest
Rainfall
223 mm
22.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:39 AM – 7:02 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Malanville is commune of Benin.

Density
21/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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Malanville reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Malanville

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.

Malanville 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
Jan33° / 19°0011.44.5
Feb36° / 22°00.211.62.4
Mar39° / 25°20.511.90.4
Apr40° / 28°102.512.30.0
May38° / 28°398.612.50.9
Jun35° / 26°7212.712.72.4
Jul32° / 24°14118.912.63.2
Aug30° / 24°22322.212.43.4
Sep31° / 24°1031412.13.8
Oct35° / 24°244.311.73.1
Nov36° / 21°0011.52.7
Dec34° / 19°0011.34.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12575
22575
32476
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52377
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Malanville gets around 223 mm of rain over 22.2 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 71% and peaks near 73% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3068
3167

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 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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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 9 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 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 6:37 AM to 6:39 AM, and sunset from 7:08 PM to 6:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:377:08
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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 4.77 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.77 kWh/m² to a high of 6.83 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.77 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Malanville

In seasonPeak

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

Malanville's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Malanville sees seasonal dust haze (January–July), heaviest in March.

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

Is August a good time to visit Malanville?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Malanville.

What to pack for Malanville in August

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

In August, Malanville sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Malanville 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 Malanville peaks around August 19 at about 12 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highAug 19UV 12Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar10Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Malanville 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 Malanville is worst in February — around 95 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.7× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1694 µg/m³Aug 1117 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan83Unhealthy
Feb95Unhealthy
Mar86Unhealthy
Apr63Unhealthy
May34Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep24Moderate
Oct40Poor
Nov51Poor
Dec74Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Malanville?

Malanville sits at 11.9°N, 3.4°E, 164 m above sea level, in Benin. The nearest listed city is Gaya, 7.0 km away.

KandiBirnin KebbiSégbanaBanikoara

Topography around Malanville

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Malanville has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m around an average of 161 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 95 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 204 m.

The land around Malanville is covered by cropland (43%) and artificial surfaces (20%) within 3 km, cropland (42%) and shrubs (30%) within 16 km, and cropland (40%), shrubs (34%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
52 m
16 km
95 m
80 km
204 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Gaya 7.0 km · Kamba 30 km · Kandi 95 km · Birnin Kebbi 110 km · Ségbana 110 km · Jega 115 km · Banikoara 121 km · Dosso 133 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 Malanville (11.8682°, 3.3833°, elevation 164 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).