Bogandé weather in August

In August, Bogandé sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 157 mm of rain across 18.8 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bogandé's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bogandé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
5th coldest
Rainfall
157 mm
18.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:52 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
69%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.51 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Bogandé is village in Burkina Faso.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bogandé reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°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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How August really feels in Bogandé

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.

Bogandé 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
Jan32° / 18°0011.35.4
Feb35° / 21°0011.63.4
Mar38° / 24°10.511.91.1
Apr40° / 28°51.312.30.1
May39° / 29°174.912.60.7
Jun36° / 27°378.212.72.2
Jul33° / 25°9414.912.73.1
Aug31° / 24°15718.812.43.4
Sep33° / 24°821212.13.4
Oct36° / 25°174.611.72.2
Nov36° / 21°0011.42.6
Dec33° / 18°0011.34.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 14% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 64%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
23961
33862
43862
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bogandé gets around 157 mm of rain over 18.8 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 60% and peaks near 61% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
156
257
357
458
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3158

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 (%)Miserable (%)
11981
21981
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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69calm
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318calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 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 5:49 AM to 5:53 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:496:24
212.65:496:24
312.65:506:23
412.65:506:23
512.55:506:23
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712.55:506:22
812.55:516:21
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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 5.51 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.51 kWh/m² to a high of 6.84 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.51 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Bogandé

In seasonPeak

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

Bogandé sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in March.

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

Is August a good time to visit Bogandé?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bogandé.

What to pack for Bogandé in August

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

In August, Bogandé sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bogandé 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 Bogandé peaks around March 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highMar 15UV 13Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr9Very high
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Bogandé 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 Bogandé is worst in February — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.6× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2077 µg/m³Aug 1514 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan66Unhealthy
Feb77Unhealthy
Mar75Unhealthy
Apr55Poor
May33Moderate
Jun26Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov35Moderate
Dec53Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bogandé?

Bogandé sits at 13.0°N, 0.1°W, 291 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Mani, 32 km away.

BoulsaPissilaYalgoGayériPouytengaKoupélaZorgo

Topography around Bogandé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bogandé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 286 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 167 m.

The land around Bogandé is covered by grassland (51%) and cropland (30%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and cropland (36%) within 16 km, and grassland (66%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
85 m
80 km
167 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Mani 32 km · Boulsa 58 km · Pissila 76 km · Yalgo 76 km · Gayéri 78 km · Pouytenga 86 km · Koupéla 92 km · Zorgo 96 km

Burkina Faso travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,148
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
1.3
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
31
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 64%Roman Catholic 20%Animiste 9%Protestant 6%

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 Bogandé (12.9771°, -0.1466°, elevation 291 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).