Banyo weather in August

In August, Banyo sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 17°C, with 316 mm of rain across 30 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels humid.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Banyo's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Banyo's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 24°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 17°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 316 mm; 30 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:10 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover: 88%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.35 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Banyo is commune of Cameroon.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month.

A typical August day in Banyo reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 17°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24
Avg low (°C)	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17	17

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	17
2	24	17
3	24	17
4	24	17
5	24	17
6	24	17
7	24	17
8	24	17
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10	24	17
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25	24	17
26	24	17
27	24	17
28	24	17
29	24	17
30	24	17
31	24	17

How August really feels in Banyo

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Banyo 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	30° / 14°	0	0	11.7	6.0
Feb	32° / 16°	3	0.7	11.8	5.0
Mar	32° / 18°	39	6.2	12	4.4
Apr	29° / 19°	198	21.8	12.1	3.9
May	27° / 18°	238	28.4	12.3	3.7
Jun	25° / 18°	239	28.2	12.4	3.8
Jul	24° / 17°	311	29.8	12.4	3.7
Aug	24° / 17°	316	30	12.2	3.6
Sep	25° / 17°	289	29.1	12	3.6
Oct	26° / 17°	218	25.4	11.8	4.2
Nov	28° / 16°	28	4.6	11.7	6.6
Dec	29° / 14°	1	0.2	11.6	6.8

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 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Cloudier (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Banyo gets around 316 mm of rain over 30 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 97% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	97
4	97
5	97
6	97
7	97
8	97
9	97
10	96
11	96
12	96
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31	97

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the humid band about 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 7% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Humid (%)	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	95	95	95
Muggy (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	5	5	5

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

Wind in August

Winds average 4 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	4	calm
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31	4	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:10 AM to 6:09 AM, and sunset from 6:28 PM to 6:17 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:09
Sunset (PM)	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:26	6:25	6:25	6:25	6:24	6:24	6:24	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:10	6:28
2	12.3	6:10	6:28
3	12.3	6:10	6:27
4	12.3	6:10	6:27
5	12.3	6:10	6:27
6	12.3	6:10	6:27
7	12.3	6:10	6:26
8	12.3	6:10	6:26
9	12.3	6:10	6:26
10	12.3	6:10	6:26
11	12.2	6:10	6:25
12	12.2	6:10	6:25
13	12.2	6:10	6:25
14	12.2	6:10	6:24
15	12.2	6:10	6:24
16	12.2	6:10	6:24
17	12.2	6:10	6:23
18	12.2	6:10	6:23
19	12.2	6:10	6:22
20	12.2	6:10	6:22
21	12.2	6:10	6:22
22	12.2	6:10	6:21
23	12.2	6:10	6:21
24	12.2	6:10	6:20
25	12.2	6:09	6:20
26	12.2	6:09	6:19
27	12.2	6:09	6:19
28	12.2	6:09	6:18
29	12.1	6:09	6:18
30	12.1	6:09	6:17
31	12.1	6:09	6:17

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.35 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.35 kWh/m² to a high of 6.77 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.35 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.3	Bright
2	4.3	Bright
3	4.3	Bright
4	4.3	Bright
5	4.3	Bright
6	4.3	Bright
7	4.3	Bright
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24	4.4	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.5	Bright
29	4.5	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Banyo

In seasonPeak

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

Banyo's monsoon runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Banyo?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

11th-best month of the year

3.2

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Banyo.

What to pack for Banyo in August

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

In August, Banyo sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 17°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 30 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Banyo 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 Banyo peaks around March 23 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 10 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	11	11	14	14	13	12	12	12	14	13	11	10
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	13	Extreme
Jun	12	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	14	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	11	Extreme
Dec	10	Very high

Air quality in Banyo 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 Banyo is worst in March — around 76 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.6× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	45	63	76	40	21	17	12	12	12	20	26	45
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	45	Poor
Feb	63	Unhealthy
Mar	76	Unhealthy
Apr	40	Poor
May	21	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	12	Moderate
Aug	12	Good
Sep	12	Good
Oct	20	Moderate
Nov	26	Moderate
Dec	45	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Banyo?

Banyo sits at 6.8°N, 11.8°E, 1,077 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Gembu, 62 km away.

Topography around Banyo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Banyo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 511 m around an average of 1,114 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 589 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,091 m.

The land around Banyo is covered by grassland (58%) and trees (21%) within 3 km, trees (54%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (60%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km

511 m

grassland 58%

16 km

589 m

trees 54%

80 km

2,091 m

trees 60%

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← July Banyo year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Gembu 62 km · Tibati 95 km · Magba 111 km · Nkambe 128 km · Kumbo 141 km · Foumban 152 km · Beli 155 km · Ngaoundal 163 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

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 Banyo (6.75°, 11.8167°, elevation 1,077 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	17
2	24	17
3	24	17
4	24	17
5	24	17
6	24	17
7	24	17
8	24	17
9	24	17
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18	24	17
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20	24	17
21	24	17
22	24	17
23	24	17
24	24	17
25	24	17
26	24	17
27	24	17
28	24	17
29	24	17
30	24	17
31	24	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	97
4	97
5	97
6	97
7	97
8	97
9	97
10	96
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	96
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18	97
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20	97
21	97
22	97
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26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	17
2	24	17
3	24	17
4	24	17
5	24	17
6	24	17
7	24	17
8	24	17
9	24	17
10	24	17
11	24	17
12	24	17
13	24	17
14	24	17
15	24	17
16	24	17
17	24	17
18	24	17
19	24	17
20	24	17
21	24	17
22	24	17
23	24	17
24	24	17
25	24	17
26	24	17
27	24	17
28	24	17
29	24	17
30	24	17
31	24	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	97
4	97
5	97
6	97
7	97
8	97
9	97
10	96
11	96
12	96
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16	96
17	96
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	24	17
2	24	17
3	24	17
4	24	17
5	24	17
6	24	17
7	24	17
8	24	17
9	24	17
10	24	17
11	24	17
12	24	17
13	24	17
14	24	17
15	24	17
16	24	17
17	24	17
18	24	17
19	24	17
20	24	17
21	24	17
22	24	17
23	24	17
24	24	17
25	24	17
26	24	17
27	24	17
28	24	17
29	24	17
30	24	17
31	24	17

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	4	96
20	4	96
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	3	97
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	4	96
28	4	96
29	4	96
30	4	96
31	4	96

	Rain chance (%)
1	97
2	97
3	97
4	97
5	97
6	97
7	97
8	97
9	97
10	96
11	96
12	96
13	96
14	96
15	96
16	96
17	96
18	97
19	97
20	97
21	97
22	97
23	97
24	97
25	97
26	97
27	97
28	97
29	97
30	97
31	97

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	92	8
2	92	8
3	92	8
4	92	8
5	92	8
6	92	8
7	92	8
8	92	8
9	92	8
10	92	8
11	92	8
12	92	8
13	92	8
14	92	8
15	92	8
16	92	8
17	92	8
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	92	8
21	92	8
22	93	7
23	93	7
24	93	7
25	93	7
26	94	6
27	94	6
28	94	6
29	95	5
30	95	5
31	95	5