Djibo weather in August

In August, Djibo sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 133 mm of rain across 16.3 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 Djibo's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Djibo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
133 mm
16.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
5:56 AM – 6:25 PM
Cloud cover
62%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Djibo reaches about 32°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 2°C cooler than September.

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

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.

Djibo weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 17°00.111.36.0
Feb34° / 19°0011.54.0
Mar38° / 23°00.111.91.6
Apr40° / 27°20.912.30.1
May40° / 28°82.512.60.3
Jun37° / 27°24612.81.6
Jul34° / 25°8414.312.72.8
Aug32° / 24°13316.312.53.4
Sep34° / 25°5910.312.13.1
Oct37° / 25°112.811.72.1
Nov36° / 21°0011.32.9
Dec32° / 18°0011.25.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 24% 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 54%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15050
25050
34951
44852
54753
64753
74654
84555
94555
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114555
124456
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Djibo gets around 133 mm of rain over 16.3 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 52% and peaks near 55% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
155
255
355
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555
655
755
854
954
1054
1153
1253
1352
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1551
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2750
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3048
3147

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 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
15950
25950
35950
45950
54960
64960
74960
84960
94960
104960
113970
123970
133961
143961
152971
162971
172971
182971
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202971
212971
222971
232971
242971
252971
262971
272971
282971
293961
303961
314951

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 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 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 5:54 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:32 PM to 6:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:546:32
212.65:546:31
312.65:546:31
412.65:546:30
512.65:546:30
612.65:556:30
712.65:556:29
812.65:556:29
912.65:556:28
1012.55:556:28
1112.55:566:27
1212.55:566:27
1312.55:566:26
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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 5.98 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.55 kWh/m² to a high of 7.01 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.98 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
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46.1Intense
56.0Intense
66.0Intense
76.0Intense
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286.0Intense
296.1Intense
306.1Intense
316.1Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Djibo

In seasonPeak

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

Djibo sees seasonal dust haze (January–October), heaviest in April.

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

Is August a good time to visit Djibo?

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
5.5
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Djibo.

What to pack for Djibo in August

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

In August, Djibo sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Djibo 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 Djibo 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 15UV 13Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Djibo 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 Djibo is worst in March — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.5× the cleanest month (August, 14 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 976 µg/m³Aug 2014 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan66Unhealthy
Feb76Unhealthy
Mar76Unhealthy
Apr60Unhealthy
May46Poor
Jun37Poor
Jul21Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov39Poor
Dec55Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Djibo?

Djibo sits at 14.1°N, 1.6°W, 310 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Bourzanga, 48 km away.

TitaoKoukaAribindaKongoussiOuahigouyaKayaGourcy

Topography around Djibo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Djibo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 109 m around an average of 299 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 127 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 270 m.

The land around Djibo is covered by grassland (47%) and bare terrain (26%) within 3 km, grassland (78%) within 16 km, and grassland (69%) within 80 km.

3 km
109 m
16 km
127 m
80 km
270 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Bourzanga 48 km · Titao 60 km · Kouka 74 km · Aribinda 83 km · Kongoussi 87 km · Ouahigouya 103 km · Kaya 127 km · Gourcy 127 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 Djibo (14.0986°, -1.6266°, elevation 310 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).