Tougan weather in August

In August, Tougan sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 198 mm of rain across 21.6 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% 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 Tougan's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tougan's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
198 mm
21.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:03 AM – 6:30 PM
Cloud cover
72%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Tougan 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 Tougan reaches about 31°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 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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

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.

Tougan 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
Jan32° / 18°00.111.35.4
Feb35° / 20°0011.63.5
Mar38° / 24°10.411.91.3
Apr40° / 27°82.412.30.3
May39° / 28°205.912.60.7
Jun36° / 26°469.612.82.1
Jul32° / 24°12417.512.73.1
Aug31° / 23°19821.612.43.4
Sep32° / 24°10014.412.13.5
Oct35° / 24°235.111.72.7
Nov36° / 21°00.111.42.9
Dec33° / 18°0011.24.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 10% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 69%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
13763
23664
33565
43466
53466
63367
73367
83268
93169
103169
113070
122971
132971
142971
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212971
223070
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303367
313367

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tougan gets around 198 mm of rain over 21.6 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 69% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
167
267
367
468
568
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969
1069
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1669
1769
1869
1969
2069
2169
2270
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2669
2769
2869
2968
3068
3167

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 (%)
11963
21963
31963
41963
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81963
91963
100973
110973
120964
130964
140964
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170955
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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.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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59calm
68calm
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318calm

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 6:01 AM to 6:04 AM, and sunset from 6:36 PM to 6:20 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:016:36
212.66:016:36
312.66:016:35
412.66:016:35
512.56:026:34
612.56:026:34
712.56:026:34
812.56:026:33
912.56:026:33
1012.56:026:32
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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 5.28 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.28 kWh/m² to a high of 6.76 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.28 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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55.3Bright
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305.4Bright
315.5Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Tougan

In seasonPeak

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

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

Tougan sees seasonal dust haze (February–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 Tougan?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tougan.

What to pack for Tougan in August

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

In August, Tougan sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Tougan 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 Tougan 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 15UV 13Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Tougan 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 Tougan is worst in February — around 68 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.2× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2268 µg/m³Aug 1514 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan57Unhealthy
Feb68Unhealthy
Mar68Unhealthy
Apr53Poor
May32Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov37Poor
Dec50Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Tougan?

Tougan sits at 13.1°N, 3.1°W, 300 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Toma, 40 km away.

GourcyDédougouYakoOuahigouyaNounaPaRéo

Topography around Tougan

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tougan has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 49 m around an average of 296 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 72 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 239 m.

The land around Tougan is covered by grassland (41%) within 3 km, shrubs (44%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (42%), shrubs (35%) and cropland (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
49 m
16 km
72 m
80 km
239 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
August weather nearby: Toma 40 km · Gourcy 78 km · Dédougou 80 km · Yako 89 km · Ouahigouya 90 km · Nouna 94 km · Pa 106 km · Réo 106 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 Tougan (13.0724°, -3.0694°, elevation 300 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).