Boromo weather in August

In August, Boromo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 220 mm of rain across 23.6 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 6% 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 Boromo's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boromo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
220 mm
23.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:04 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Boromo 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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Boromo reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°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 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Boromo

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.

Boromo 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°10.111.62.8
Mar38° / 25°41.211.91.1
Apr39° / 27°204.712.30.8
May37° / 27°4910.712.51.7
Jun34° / 25°6512.612.73.0
Jul31° / 24°13919.912.63.4
Aug30° / 23°22023.612.43.5
Sep31° / 23°1421812.13.7
Oct34° / 24°439.211.73.1
Nov36° / 21°20.311.52.7
Dec34° / 19°0011.34.1

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 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 77%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Boromo gets around 220 mm of rain over 23.6 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 76% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days.

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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 97% 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 8 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 6:02 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:19 PM.

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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 4.87 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.63 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.87 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Boromo

In seasonPeak

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

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

Boromo sees seasonal dust haze (February–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 Boromo?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Boromo.

What to pack for Boromo in August

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

In August, Boromo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Boromo 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 Boromo peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 17UV 13Dec 22UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Boromo 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 Boromo is worst in February — around 67 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 1866 µg/m³Aug 1313 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan56Unhealthy
Feb67Unhealthy
Mar62Unhealthy
Apr47Poor
May26Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov37Poor
Dec51Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Boromo?

Boromo sits at 11.7°N, 2.9°W, 263 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Fara Department, 30 km away.

TitaDanoHoundéRéoGaoKoudougou

Topography around Boromo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boromo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m around an average of 268 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 80 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 328 m.

The land around Boromo is covered by cropland (37%) and grassland (29%) within 3 km, shrubs (39%), cropland (31%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and cropland (45%), shrubs (28%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
46 m
16 km
80 m
80 km
328 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Fara Department 30 km · Tita 49 km · Dano 68 km · Houndé 69 km · Réo 81 km · Gao 83 km · Koudougou 83 km · 84 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 Boromo (11.7454°, -2.9301°, elevation 263 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).