Namponkoré weather in August

In August, Namponkoré sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 191 mm of rain across 20.9 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 4% 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 Namponkoré's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Namponkoré's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
191 mm
20.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:45 AM – 6:09 PM
Cloud cover
78%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.74 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

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 Namponkoré 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 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 Namponkoré

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.

Namponkoré 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°0011.44.0
Feb37° / 23°10.311.62.2
Mar39° / 26°40.911.90.5
Apr40° / 28°174.612.30.3
May37° / 27°4510.312.51.4
Jun34° / 25°5911.712.72.7
Jul32° / 24°10816.312.63.5
Aug30° / 23°19120.912.43.6
Sep31° / 23°11213.712.13.9
Oct35° / 24°326.611.72.9
Nov37° / 22°10.211.52.2
Dec35° / 21°0011.33.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
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52080
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Namponkoré gets around 191 mm of rain over 20.9 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 68% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1982
2982
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5982
6982
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9973
10964
11964
12955
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14946
15946
16937
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18928
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22919
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28919
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Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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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 5:43 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:15 PM to 6:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:436:15
212.55:436:14
312.55:446:14
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512.55:446:13
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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 4.74 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.74 kWh/m² to a high of 6.73 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.74 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Namponkoré

In seasonPeak

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

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

Namponkoré 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 Namponkoré?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Namponkoré.

What to pack for Namponkoré in August

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

In August, Namponkoré sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Namponkoré 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 Namponkoré peaks around September 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 highExtremeVery highSep 12UV 12Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Namponkoré 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 Namponkoré is worst in November — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.2× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyNov 2186 µg/m³Aug 1413 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan73Unhealthy
Feb81Unhealthy
Mar72Unhealthy
Apr50Poor
May27Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct34Moderate
Nov89Unhealthy
Dec78Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Namponkoré?

Namponkoré sits at 11.7°N, 1.8°E, 243 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Diapaga, 37 km away.

BanikoaraKérouKompiengaTanguiétaNatiaboaniMatéri

Topography around Namponkoré

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Namponkoré has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m around an average of 264 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 325 m.

The land around Namponkoré is covered by cropland (53%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (73%) within 16 km, and grassland (52%), shrubs (24%) and cropland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
137 m
16 km
172 m
80 km
325 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Diapaga 37 km · Banikoara 87 km · Kérou 107 km · Kompienga 136 km · Tanguiéta 136 km · Natiaboani 138 km · Matéri 140 km · Kandi 143 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 Namponkoré (11.7375°, 1.7772°, elevation 243 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).