Mora weather in August

In August, Mora sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 216 mm of rain across 25.5 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 30°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% 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 Mora's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mora's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
6th coldest
Rainfall
216 mm
25.5 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:56 AM – 6:19 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.1 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Mora 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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Mora reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Mora

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.

Mora 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
Jan32° / 15°0011.45.5
Feb35° / 18°0011.63.5
Mar38° / 22°00.111.91.2
Apr39° / 26°72.312.20.4
May38° / 26°348.612.51.3
Jun34° / 25°6613.712.62.6
Jul31° / 23°14522.512.63.1
Aug30° / 22°21625.512.43.2
Sep31° / 22°10417.312.13.5
Oct34° / 22°235.211.83.2
Nov34° / 19°00.111.53.6
Dec32° / 16°0011.45.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Mora gets around 216 mm of rain over 25.5 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 81% and peaks near 85% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 6 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
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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 5:55 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:24 PM to 6:10 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:556:24
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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 5.1 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.1 kWh/m² to a high of 7.13 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.1 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Mora

In seasonPeak

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

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

Mora sees seasonal dust haze (January–July), heaviest in March.

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

Is August a good time to visit Mora?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mora.

What to pack for Mora in August

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

In August, Mora sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mora 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 Mora 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 16UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May9Very high
Jun9Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Mora 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 Mora is worst in February — around 99 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.1× the cleanest month (July, 24 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyFeb 2098 µg/m³Jul 2224 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan90Unhealthy
Feb99Unhealthy
Mar97Unhealthy
Apr70Unhealthy
May41Poor
Jun33Moderate
Jul24Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep31Moderate
Oct67Unhealthy
Nov67Unhealthy
Dec85Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Mora?

Mora sits at 11.0°N, 14.1°E, 460 m above sea level, in Cameroon. The nearest listed city is Gwoza, 49 km away.

BamaMagaKaéléDikwa

Topography around Mora

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mora has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 434 m around an average of 470 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 707 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,158 m.

The land around Mora is covered by grassland (64%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and cropland (41%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and cropland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
434 m
16 km
707 m
80 km
1,158 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwetland
August weather nearby: Gwoza 49 km · Mokolo 50 km · Maroua 54 km · Bogo 62 km · Bama 72 km · Maga 90 km · Kaélé 110 km · Dikwa 113 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 Mora (11.0461°, 14.1401°, elevation 460 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).