Tô weather in August

In August, Tô sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 220 mm of rain across 24.5 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 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see 's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
220 mm
24.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:02 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Tô reaches about 29°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 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
12923
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312923

How August really feels in Tô

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.

Tô 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° / 20°00.111.44.4
Feb36° / 23°10.311.62.7
Mar38° / 26°51.711.91.2
Apr38° / 27°266.212.21.2
May36° / 26°5211.112.52.1
Jun33° / 24°6712.912.73.3
Jul30° / 23°13819.912.63.6
Aug29° / 23°22024.512.43.5
Sep30° / 23°14219.612.13.7
Oct33° / 23°458.411.73.6
Nov35° / 21°30.611.53.1
Dec34° / 20°0011.34.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42179
52179
62179
72179
81981
91981
101882
111882
121783
131783
141783
151684
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201684
211684
221783
231882
241981
252080
262080
272179
282377
292377
302476
312575

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tô gets around 220 mm of rain over 24.5 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 79% and peaks near 80% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
177
277
378
479
579
679
779
880
980
1080
1180
1280
1379
1479
1579
1679
1779
1879
1979
2078
2178
2278
2379
2479
2579
2679
2779
2879
2979
3078
3178

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 99% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1991
2991
3991
41000
51000
61000
71000
81000
91000
101000
111000
121000
131000
141000
151000
161000
171000
18991
19991
20991
21991
22991
23991
24991
25991
26991
27991
28991
29991
30982
31982

Wind in August

Winds average 9 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
19calm
29calm
39calm
49calm
59calm
69calm
79calm
89calm
99calm
109calm
119calm
129calm
139calm
149calm
159calm
169calm
179calm
189calm
199calm
209calm
218calm
228calm
238calm
248calm
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268calm
278calm
288calm
298calm
308calm
318calm

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 6:00 AM to 6:02 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:16 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:006:30
212.56:006:30
312.56:006:30
412.56:006:29
512.56:006:29
612.56:006:29
712.56:016:28
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912.46:016:28
1012.46:016:27
1112.46:016:27
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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 4.75 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.6 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.75 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.9Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Tô

In seasonPeak

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

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

Tô sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

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

Is August a good time to visit Tô?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tô.

What to pack for Tô in August

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

In August, sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tô 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 peaks around March 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 16UV 14Dec 17UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Tô 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 is worst in December — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.3× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyDec 1975 µg/m³Aug 1213 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan62Unhealthy
Feb69Unhealthy
Mar56Unhealthy
Apr43Poor
May23Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov48Poor
Dec78Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Tô?

Tô sits at 11.4°N, 2.2°W, 314 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Gao, 23 km away.

SapouyFara DepartmentTitaSabouBoromoKoudougou

Topography around Tô

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tô has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m around an average of 321 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m.

The land around is covered by cropland (57%) and grassland (26%) within 3 km, cropland (64%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and cropland (50%), shrubs (28%) and grassland (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
40 m
16 km
76 m
80 km
213 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Gao 23 km · Léo 40 km · Sapouy 51 km · Fara Department 60 km · Tita 62 km · Sabou 69 km · Boromo 84 km · Koudougou 91 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 (11.4438°, -2.2255°, elevation 314 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).