Zabré weather in August

In August, Zabré sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 224 mm of rain across 25 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 3% 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 Zabré's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zabré's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
4th coldest
Rainfall
224 mm
25 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:55 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover
78%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Zabré 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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Zabré reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°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)
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How August really feels in Zabré

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.

Zabré 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°10.411.62.6
Mar38° / 26°51.511.91.1
Apr38° / 28°275.812.21.1
May36° / 27°5010.212.52.1
Jun33° / 25°661212.63.3
Jul30° / 24°13920.212.63.6
Aug29° / 23°2242512.43.4
Sep30° / 23°1411812.13.8
Oct33° / 23°448.411.73.6
Nov35° / 22°30.411.53.1
Dec34° / 20°0011.44.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42080
52080
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Zabré gets around 224 mm of rain over 25 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 80% and peaks near 82% 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 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1973
2973
3982
4982
5982
6982
7982
8982
9982
10982
11973
12973
13973
14973
15964
16964
17964
18964
19955
20955
21955
22955
23946
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25946
26946
27946
28946
29946
30946
31946

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 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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59calm
69calm
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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 5:54 AM to 5:56 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:546:24
212.55:546:23
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512.55:546:22
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712.55:556:22
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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 4.68 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.68 kWh/m² to a high of 6.62 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.68 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Zabré

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Zabré?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zabré.

What to pack for Zabré in August

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

In August, Zabré 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 Zabré 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 Zabré peaks around March 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near November 23 at about 8 (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 13Nov 23UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Zabré 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 Zabré is worst in February — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1576 µg/m³Aug 1015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan65Unhealthy
Feb78Unhealthy
Mar65Unhealthy
Apr47Poor
May25Moderate
Jun20Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec64Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Zabré?

Zabré sits at 11.2°N, 0.6°W, 259 m above sea level, in Burkina Faso. The nearest listed city is Gomboussougou, 31 km away.

BolgatangaNavrongoBéguédoGarango

Topography around Zabré

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zabré has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 44 m around an average of 251 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 365 m.

The land around Zabré is covered by cropland (73%) within 3 km, cropland (49%) and grassland (36%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%), grassland (27%) and shrubs (22%) within 80 km.

3 km
44 m
16 km
91 m
80 km
365 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Gomboussougou 31 km · Bittou 37 km · Bawku 45 km · Bolgatanga 50 km · 56 km · Navrongo 59 km · Béguédo 67 km · Garango 69 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 Zabré (11.1825°, -0.6322°, elevation 259 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).