Akonolinga weather in August

In August, Akonolinga sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 117 mm of rain across 21.6 wet days and about 12.1 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 7th-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 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Akonolinga's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Akonolinga's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
11th warmest
Overnight low
20°
7th coldest
Rainfall
117 mm
21.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 06 min
6:11 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
85%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.13 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.4
out of 10

Akonolinga is commune of Cameroon.

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 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Akonolinga reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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312820

How August really feels in Akonolinga

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Akonolinga weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 20°23511.85.1
Feb32° / 21°377.211.94.2
Mar31° / 21°10317.4123.5
Apr30° / 21°14922.212.13.4
May29° / 21°14123.712.23.6
Jun28° / 21°12122.412.24.1
Jul27° / 20°11220.812.24.6
Aug28° / 20°11721.612.14.4
Sep28° / 20°16525.8123.8
Oct28° / 20°19527.411.93.7
Nov28° / 20°12219.411.84.3
Dec29° / 20°326.211.85.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1397
2496
3496
4496
5595
6595
7694
8694
9694
10694
11793
12793
13793
14793
15793
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Akonolinga gets around 117 mm of rain over 21.6 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 70% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
165
265
365
465
565
665
765
865
966
1066
1166
1267
1368
1468
1569
1670
1770
1871
1971
2072
2172
2273
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2475
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2676
2777
2877
2978
3078
3179

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 97% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
14960
24960
34960
44960
54960
64960
74960
84960
94960
104960
114960
124960
134960
144960
153970
163970
173970
183970
193970
202980
212980
222980
232980
242980
251990
261990
271990
281990
2901000
300991
310991

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
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217calm
227calm
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247calm
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277calm
287calm
297calm
307calm
317calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:12 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:126:22
212.26:126:22
312.26:126:22
412.26:126:22
512.26:126:21
612.26:126:21
712.26:126:21
812.16:126:21
912.16:126:21
1012.16:126:20
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1512.16:116:19
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2012.16:116:18
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2212.16:116:17
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2612.16:106:15
2712.16:106:15
2812.16:096:15
2912.16:096:14
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3112.16:096:13

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.13 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 5.39 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.13 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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274.2Bright
284.2Bright
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314.2Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Akonolinga

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Akonolinga?

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

4.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Akonolinga for sightseeing.

What to pack for Akonolinga in August

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

In August, Akonolinga sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Akonolinga 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 Akonolinga peaks around March 21 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 10 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 21UV 14Dec 17UV 10
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Akonolinga 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 Akonolinga is worst in February — around 75 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.6× the cleanest month (September, 11 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateModeratePoorFeb 1471 µg/m³Sep 1312 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan53Poor
Feb75Unhealthy
Mar44Poor
Apr30Moderate
May20Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug14Moderate
Sep11Good
Oct17Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec41Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Akonolinga?

Akonolinga sits at 3.8°N, 12.3°E, 643 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Okoa, 76 km away.

OkoaYaoundéMbandjokNkotengMbalmayoObalaSangmélimaNanga Eboko

Topography around Akonolinga

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Akonolinga has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m around an average of 655 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 250 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 671 m.

The land around Akonolinga is covered by grassland (41%) and trees (37%) within 3 km, trees (83%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km
58 m
16 km
250 m
80 km
671 m
treesgrasslandartificial surfaceswetland
August weather nearby: Okoa 76 km · Yaoundé 82 km · Mbandjok 85 km · Nkoteng 87 km · Mbalmayo 88 km · Obala 91 km · Sangmélima 97 km · Nanga Eboko 103 km

Cameroon travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,972
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
6.8
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
30.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 445
Religion
Roman Catholic 33%Muslim 31%Protestant 27%animist 1%

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 Akonolinga (3.7667°, 12.25°, elevation 643 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).