Orodara weather in August

In August, Orodara sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 263 mm of rain across 26.5 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 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% 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 Orodara's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Orodara's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 263 mm; 26.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:13 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover: 80%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.5 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Orodara is village in Burkina Faso.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Orodara reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
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10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	28	22
24	28	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	22
28	28	22
29	28	22
30	28	22
31	28	22

How August really feels in Orodara

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Orodara 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	31° / 19°	1	0.4	11.4	5.6
Feb	34° / 21°	3	0.8	11.6	3.8
Mar	36° / 24°	13	3.1	11.9	2.5
Apr	35° / 25°	51	9.9	12.2	2.3
May	33° / 24°	83	15.3	12.5	2.9
Jun	31° / 23°	96	16.9	12.6	3.7
Jul	29° / 22°	191	24	12.6	3.7
Aug	28° / 22°	263	26.5	12.4	3.5
Sep	29° / 22°	170	22.6	12.1	3.7
Oct	31° / 22°	78	15	11.8	4.0
Nov	33° / 21°	6	1.2	11.5	4.6
Dec	32° / 19°	0	0.2	11.4	5.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	17	17	17	17	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	17	17	19	19	19	20	20
Cloudier (%)	83	83	83	83	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	84	84	84	83	83	81	81	81	80	80

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	20	80
31	20	80

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Orodara gets around 263 mm of rain over 26.5 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 86% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	85	85	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	87	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	84	83	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	86
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	86
21	85
22	85
23	85
24	85
25	84
26	84
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	83
31	83

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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7
Oppressive (%)	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
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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 6:11 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:26 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13
Sunset (PM)	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30	6:29	6:29	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:26

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:11	6:40
2	12.5	6:11	6:40
3	12.5	6:11	6:40
4	12.5	6:12	6:40
5	12.5	6:12	6:39
6	12.5	6:12	6:39
7	12.4	6:12	6:38
8	12.4	6:12	6:38
9	12.4	6:12	6:38
10	12.4	6:12	6:37
11	12.4	6:12	6:37
12	12.4	6:12	6:37
13	12.4	6:13	6:36
14	12.4	6:13	6:36
15	12.4	6:13	6:35
16	12.4	6:13	6:35
17	12.4	6:13	6:34
18	12.3	6:13	6:34
19	12.3	6:13	6:33
20	12.3	6:13	6:33
21	12.3	6:13	6:32
22	12.3	6:13	6:32
23	12.3	6:13	6:31
24	12.3	6:13	6:31
25	12.3	6:13	6:30
26	12.3	6:13	6:29
27	12.3	6:13	6:29
28	12.3	6:13	6:28
29	12.2	6:13	6:28
30	12.2	6:13	6:27
31	12.2	6:13	6:26

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.5 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.5 kWh/m² to a high of 6.52 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.5 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.7	Bright
2	4.6	Bright
3	4.6	Bright
4	4.6	Bright
5	4.6	Bright
6	4.6	Bright
7	4.6	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.5	Bright
11	4.5	Bright
12	4.5	Bright
13	4.5	Bright
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17	4.5	Bright
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20	4.5	Bright
21	4.5	Bright
22	4.5	Bright
23	4.5	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.6	Bright
28	4.6	Bright
29	4.6	Bright
30	4.6	Bright
31	4.7	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Orodara

In seasonPeak

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

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

Orodara sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in April.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Orodara?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

9th-best month of the year

4.2

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Orodara.

What to pack for Orodara in August

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

In August, Orodara sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Orodara 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 Orodara peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	10	14	11	13	11	12	12	13	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	10	Very high
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Orodara 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 Orodara is worst in February — around 55 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (August, 11 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	41	55	50	41	23	20	14	11	17	24	25	35
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	41	Poor
Feb	55	Unhealthy
Mar	50	Poor
Apr	41	Poor
May	23	Moderate
Jun	20	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	17	Moderate
Oct	24	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	35	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Orodara?

Orodara sits at 11.0°N, 4.9°W, 532 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Karankasso, 40 km away.

Topography around Orodara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Orodara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 82 m around an average of 544 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 295 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 499 m.

The land around Orodara is covered by trees (43%) and shrubs (24%) within 3 km, trees (43%) and shrubs (36%) within 16 km, and shrubs (35%) and cropland (34%) within 80 km.

3 km

82 m

trees 43%

16 km

295 m

trees 43%

80 km

499 m

shrubs 35%

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← July Orodara year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Karankasso 40 km · Banfora 42 km · Bobo-Dioulasso 72 km · Finnkolo 72 km · Niangoloko 78 km · Sikasso 90 km · Zégoua 97 km · Kaouara 103 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

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 Orodara (10.9811°, -4.9188°, elevation 532 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	28	22
24	28	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	22
28	28	22
29	28	22
30	28	22
31	28	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	86
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	86
21	85
22	85
23	85
24	85
25	84
26	84
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	83
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	28	22
24	28	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	22
28	28	22
29	28	22
30	28	22
31	28	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	86
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	86
21	85
22	85
23	85
24	85
25	84
26	84
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	83
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	28	22
24	28	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	22
28	28	22
29	28	22
30	28	22
31	28	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	17	83
2	17	83
3	17	83
4	17	83
5	15	85
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	15	85
10	15	85
11	15	85
12	15	85
13	15	85
14	15	85
15	16	84
16	16	84
17	16	84
18	16	84
19	15	85
20	15	85
21	15	85
22	16	84
23	16	84
24	16	84
25	17	83
26	17	83
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	20	80
31	20	80

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	86
4	86
5	86
6	86
7	87
8	87
9	87
10	87
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	86
21	85
22	85
23	85
24	85
25	84
26	84
27	84
28	84
29	84
30	83
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	10	90
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	10	90
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	10	90
13	10	90
14	9	91
15	9	91
16	9	91
17	9	91
18	9	91
19	9	91
20	9	91
21	9	91
22	9	91
23	8	92
24	8	92
25	8	92
26	8	92
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	7	93
31	7	93