Pissila weather in August

In August, Pissila sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 146 mm of rain across 18.7 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-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 17% 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 Pissila's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Pissila's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
146 mm
18.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:54 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
67%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.66 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Pissila 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 Pissila 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 2°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Pissila

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.

Pissila 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° / 16°0011.36.0
Feb34° / 19°0011.64.0
Mar38° / 23°10.311.91.5
Apr40° / 26°41.512.30.3
May39° / 28°134.212.60.7
Jun36° / 26°35812.82.1
Jul33° / 25°9114.412.73.2
Aug31° / 24°14618.712.43.5
Sep33° / 24°7311.712.13.4
Oct36° / 24°143.711.72.2
Nov36° / 19°00.111.42.8
Dec32° / 16°0011.25.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 17% 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 61%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14357
24357
34258
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Pissila gets around 146 mm of rain over 18.7 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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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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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 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
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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 5:52 AM to 5:55 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:11 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.65:526:27
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312.65:526:26
412.65:526:26
512.65:526:26
612.55:536:25
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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 5.66 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.64 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.66 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Pissila

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dust
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Mar
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Sep
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Pissila?

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
5.2
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Pissila.

What to pack for Pissila in August

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

In August, Pissila 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 Pissila 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 Pissila peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 20 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 highExtremeVery highMar 17UV 13Dec 20UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Very high
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Pissila 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 Pissila is worst in February — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2277 µg/m³Aug 1815 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan66Unhealthy
Feb77Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr60Unhealthy
May40Poor
Jun32Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov43Poor
Dec55Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Pissila?

Pissila sits at 13.2°N, 0.8°W, 312 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Yalgo, 26 km away.

BoulsaManiBarogoBogandéKongoussi

Topography around Pissila

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Pissila has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 310 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 267 m.

The land around Pissila is covered by grassland (40%) and cropland (40%) within 3 km, cropland (52%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and grassland (60%) and cropland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
66 m
80 km
267 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Yalgo 26 km · Kaya 30 km · Korsimoro 46 km · Boulsa 62 km · Mani 67 km · Barogo 70 km · Bogandé 76 km · Kongoussi 79 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 Pissila (13.1642°, -0.8225°, elevation 312 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).