Guider weather in August

In August, Guider sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 174 mm of rain across 22.8 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Guider's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Guider's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 30°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 174 mm; 22.8 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:58 AM – 6:18 PM
Cloud cover: 79%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.92 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Guider 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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Guider reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°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 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	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
Avg high (°C)	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	30	30	30
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

How August really feels in Guider

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Guider 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 19°	0	0	11.5	4.4
Feb	36° / 22°	0	0	11.7	2.5
Mar	39° / 25°	1	0.3	11.9	0.6
Apr	39° / 27°	12	3.6	12.2	0.3
May	37° / 26°	49	10.4	12.4	1.6
Jun	33° / 24°	81	14.8	12.6	3.0
Jul	31° / 23°	122	19.9	12.5	3.5
Aug	30° / 22°	174	22.8	12.3	3.6
Sep	31° / 22°	114	19	12.1	3.6
Oct	34° / 23°	42	8.5	11.8	3.3
Nov	35° / 21°	1	0.3	11.5	3.2
Dec	33° / 19°	0	0	11.4	4.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 4% 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%.

	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 (%)	22	22	21	21	21	20	20	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19	20	20	21
Cloudier (%)	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	81	81	80	80	79

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	21	79

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Guider gets around 174 mm of rain over 22.8 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 73% and peaks near 74% 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 (%)	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	73	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	74	73

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	73
5	73
6	73
7	73
8	73
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	73
14	73
15	73
16	73
17	73
18	73
19	73
20	73
21	73
22	74
23	74
24	74
25	74
26	74
27	74
28	74
29	74
30	74
31	73

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 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% 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
Muggy (%)	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	7	7	6	6	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Oppressive (%)	89	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	93	93	94	94	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
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6	9	calm
7	9	calm
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24	7	calm
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27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:57 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:23 PM to 6:10 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)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	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
Sunrise (AM)	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58
Sunset (PM)	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:57	6:23
2	12.4	5:57	6:23
3	12.4	5:57	6:23
4	12.4	5:57	6:23
5	12.4	5:58	6:22
6	12.4	5:58	6:22
7	12.4	5:58	6:22
8	12.4	5:58	6:21
9	12.4	5:58	6:21
10	12.4	5:58	6:21
11	12.4	5:58	6:20
12	12.4	5:58	6:20
13	12.4	5:58	6:20
14	12.3	5:58	6:19
15	12.3	5:58	6:19
16	12.3	5:58	6:18
17	12.3	5:58	6:18
18	12.3	5:58	6:17
19	12.3	5:58	6:17
20	12.3	5:58	6:16
21	12.3	5:58	6:16
22	12.3	5:58	6:15
23	12.3	5:58	6:15
24	12.3	5:58	6:14
25	12.3	5:58	6:14
26	12.2	5:58	6:13
27	12.2	5:58	6:13
28	12.2	5:58	6:12
29	12.2	5:58	6:11
30	12.2	5:58	6:11
31	12.2	5:58	6:10

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.92 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 7.1 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.92 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)	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1
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	5.0	Bright
2	5.0	Bright
3	5.0	Bright
4	5.0	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	4.9	Bright
8	4.9	Bright
9	4.9	Bright
10	4.9	Bright
11	4.9	Bright
12	4.9	Bright
13	4.9	Bright
14	4.9	Bright
15	4.9	Bright
16	4.9	Bright
17	4.9	Bright
18	4.9	Bright
19	4.9	Bright
20	4.9	Bright
21	4.9	Bright
22	4.9	Bright
23	4.9	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	5.0	Bright
26	5.0	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Guider

In seasonPeak

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

Guider's rainy season runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Guider?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.8

Beach & pool

9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Guider.

What to pack for Guider in August

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

In August, Guider sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Guider 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 Guider peaks around March 15 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (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)	10	12	13	11	10	11	12	13	12	11	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	10	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Guider 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 Guider is worst in March — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (July, 16 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)	66	76	79	55	28	22	16	18	21	31	38	58
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	66	Unhealthy
Feb	76	Unhealthy
Mar	79	Unhealthy
Apr	55	Poor
May	28	Moderate
Jun	22	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	18	Moderate
Sep	21	Moderate
Oct	31	Moderate
Nov	38	Poor
Dec	58	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Guider?

Guider sits at 9.9°N, 13.9°E, 346 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Figuil, 20 km away.

Topography around Guider

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Guider has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 348 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 573 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,136 m.

The land around Guider is covered by cropland (49%) and artificial surfaces (29%) within 3 km, cropland (46%), grassland (28%) and shrubs (24%) within 16 km, and grassland (36%), cropland (34%) and shrubs (27%) within 80 km.

3 km

54 m

cropland 49%

16 km

573 m

cropland 46%

80 km

1,136 m

grassland 36%

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

August weather nearby: Figuil 20 km · Mboursou Léré 29 km · Léré 44 km · Kaélé 59 km · Pitoa 78 km · Mubi 83 km · Maroua 84 km · Guidiguis 86 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 Guider (9.9333°, 13.9467°, elevation 346 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	30	23
2	30	23
3	30	23
4	30	23
5	30	23
6	30	23
7	30	23
8	30	23
9	30	23
10	30	23
11	30	23
12	30	23
13	30	23
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	30	22
30	30	22
31	30	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	73
5	73
6	73
7	73
8	73
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	73
14	73
15	73
16	73
17	73
18	73
19	73
20	73
21	73
22	74
23	74
24	74
25	74
26	74
27	74
28	74
29	74
30	74
31	73

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	73
5	73
6	73
7	73
8	73
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	73
14	73
15	73
16	73
17	73
18	73
19	73
20	73
21	73
22	74
23	74
24	74
25	74
26	74
27	74
28	74
29	74
30	74
31	73

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	22	78
2	22	78
3	21	79
4	21	79
5	21	79
6	20	80
7	20	80
8	18	82
9	18	82
10	18	82
11	18	82
12	18	82
13	18	82
14	18	82
15	18	82
16	18	82
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	19	81
24	19	81
25	19	81
26	19	81
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	20	80
30	20	80
31	21	79

	Rain chance (%)
1	73
2	73
3	73
4	73
5	73
6	73
7	73
8	73
9	73
10	73
11	73
12	73
13	73
14	73
15	73
16	73
17	73
18	73
19	73
20	73
21	73
22	74
23	74
24	74
25	74
26	74
27	74
28	74
29	74
30	74
31	73

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	11	89
2	11	89
3	11	89
4	10	90
5	10	90
6	10	90
7	10	90
8	10	90
9	9	91
10	9	91
11	8	92
12	8	92
13	7	93
14	7	93
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	5	95
18	5	95
19	5	95
20	4	96
21	4	96
22	4	96
23	4	96
24	3	97
25	3	97
26	3	97
27	3	97
28	3	97
29	3	97
30	3	97
31	3	97