Mokolo weather in August

In August, Mokolo sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 292 mm of rain across 28.3 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 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Mokolo's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mokolo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
12th warmest
Overnight low
20°
5th coldest
Rainfall
292 mm
28.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:58 AM – 6:20 PM
Cloud cover
81%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Mokolo is commune in Mayo Tsanaga 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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Mokolo reaches about 27°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 25°C and 29°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)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Mokolo

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.

Mokolo 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
Jan29° / 15°0011.47.1
Feb32° / 17°0011.65.3
Mar35° / 21°10.311.93.1
Apr36° / 24°205.212.22.2
May34° / 24°881512.52.8
Jun30° / 22°14621.812.63.5
Jul28° / 21°22526.812.63.7
Aug27° / 20°29228.312.43.7
Sep29° / 21°21025.712.13.6
Oct31° / 21°7311.711.84.5
Nov31° / 18°10.211.55.5
Dec29° / 15°0011.47.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 85%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21684
31684
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51684
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mokolo gets around 292 mm of rain over 28.3 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 91% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3191

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 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
16832
26832
36832
46733
56733
66733
76634
86634
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316436

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 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
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137calm
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316calm

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 5:57 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:25 PM to 6:11 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:576:25
212.55:576:25
312.55:576:25
412.55:576:24
512.45:576:24
612.45:576:24
712.45:576:23
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1012.45:586:22
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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 4.88 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.88 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.88 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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275.0Bright
285.0Bright
295.1Bright
305.1Bright
315.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Mokolo

In seasonPeak

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

Mokolo's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Mokolo?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mokolo.

What to pack for Mokolo in August

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

In August, Mokolo sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mokolo 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 Mokolo peaks around March 16 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highMar 16UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Mokolo 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 Mokolo is worst in March — around 93 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.2× the cleanest month (July, 22 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyMar 1092 µg/m³Jul 2222 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan85Unhealthy
Feb92Unhealthy
Mar93Unhealthy
Apr67Unhealthy
May38Poor
Jun30Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug24Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct52Poor
Nov69Unhealthy
Dec79Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Mokolo?

Mokolo sits at 10.7°N, 13.8°E, 813 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Gwoza, 40 km away.

MubiBamaBogoGuiderKaélé

Topography around Mokolo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mokolo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 390 m around an average of 834 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 955 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,144 m.

The land around Mokolo is covered by grassland (42%) and shrubs (27%) within 3 km, grassland (58%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and grassland (51%) and cropland (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
390 m
16 km
955 m
80 km
1,144 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Gwoza 40 km · Mora 50 km · Maroua 59 km · Mubi 79 km · Bama 87 km · Bogo 88 km · Guider 91 km · Kaélé 100 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 Mokolo (10.7424°, 13.8023°, elevation 813 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).