Alindao weather in August

In August, Alindao sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 176 mm of rain across 24.6 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°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 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 Alindao's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Alindao's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 176 mm; 24.6 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:34 AM – 5:44 PM
Cloud cover: 77%; 12th clearest
Wind: 4 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 5.04 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.5; out of 10

Alindao is human settlement of Central African Republic.

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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Alindao reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How August really feels in Alindao

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 14 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.

Alindao weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 21°	11	2.4	11.7	3.6
Feb	35° / 22°	25	5.3	11.8	2.9
Mar	34° / 23°	92	13.9	12	2.8
Apr	32° / 23°	135	17.5	12.1	3.2
May	31° / 22°	138	20.1	12.2	3.5
Jun	30° / 22°	113	20	12.3	3.8
Jul	29° / 21°	142	21.7	12.3	3.9
Aug	29° / 21°	176	24.6	12.2	3.5
Sep	30° / 21°	173	25.7	12	3.2
Oct	30° / 21°	199	26.1	11.9	3.2
Nov	31° / 21°	83	14	11.8	3.9
Dec	33° / 21°	14	3.1	11.7	4.2

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 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

	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 (%)	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	19	19	19	19	20	20	19	19	19	18	18	18	18	18	18	17	17	17	18	17	17	17	17	17
Cloudier (%)	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	81	81	81	81	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	82	83	83	83	83	83

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Alindao gets around 176 mm of rain over 24.6 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 80% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	74	74	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	86	86	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	74
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	78
14	78
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	80
19	80
20	81
21	81
22	82
23	83
24	83
25	84
26	84
27	85
28	85
29	86
30	86
31	86

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 78% 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 (%)	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	24	24	24	23	23	22	22	22	22	22	21	21	21	21	21	20	20	20	19	19	19	19	19
Oppressive (%)	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	76	76	76	77	77	78	78	78	78	78	79	79	79	79	79	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

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 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	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
Wind speed (km/h)	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	5	calm
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3	5	calm
4	5	calm
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7	5	calm
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12	5	calm
13	5	calm
14	4	calm
15	5	calm
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25	4	calm
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30	4	calm
31	4	calm

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 5:35 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 5:48 PM to 5:38 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)	12.2	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	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:35	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:32	5:32
Sunset (PM)	5:48	5:48	5:48	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:47	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:46	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:45	5:44	5:44	5:44	5:43	5:43	5:42	5:42	5:42	5:41	5:41	5:40	5:40	5:40	5:39	5:39	5:38

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.2	5:35	5:48
2	12.2	5:35	5:48
3	12.2	5:35	5:48
4	12.2	5:35	5:47
5	12.2	5:35	5:47
6	12.2	5:35	5:47
7	12.2	5:35	5:47
8	12.2	5:35	5:46
9	12.2	5:35	5:46
10	12.2	5:35	5:46
11	12.2	5:35	5:46
12	12.2	5:35	5:45
13	12.2	5:35	5:45
14	12.2	5:34	5:45
15	12.2	5:34	5:45
16	12.2	5:34	5:44
17	12.2	5:34	5:44
18	12.2	5:34	5:44
19	12.2	5:34	5:43
20	12.1	5:34	5:43
21	12.1	5:34	5:42
22	12.1	5:34	5:42
23	12.1	5:33	5:42
24	12.1	5:33	5:41
25	12.1	5:33	5:41
26	12.1	5:33	5:40
27	12.1	5:33	5:40
28	12.1	5:33	5:40
29	12.1	5:33	5:39
30	12.1	5:32	5:39
31	12.1	5:32	5:38

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.04 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.04 kWh/m² to a high of 6.12 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 5.04 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)	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2	5.2
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	4.9	Bright
2	4.9	Bright
3	4.9	Bright
4	4.9	Bright
5	5.0	Bright
6	5.0	Bright
7	5.0	Bright
8	5.0	Bright
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24	5.1	Bright
25	5.1	Bright
26	5.2	Bright
27	5.2	Bright
28	5.2	Bright
29	5.2	Bright
30	5.2	Bright
31	5.2	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Alindao

In seasonPeak

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

Alindao's rainy season runs March–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season

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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Alindao?

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

3.5

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.5

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Alindao.

What to pack for Alindao in August

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

In August, Alindao sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 25 days see rain.

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UV index in Alindao 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 Alindao peaks around March 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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)	11	12	14	13	11	11	10	12	12	13	10	8
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Alindao 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 Alindao is worst in February — around 71 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.6× the cleanest month (September, 9 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)	56	71	39	21	14	16	15	12	9	11	25	47
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	56	Unhealthy
Feb	71	Unhealthy
Mar	39	Poor
Apr	21	Moderate
May	14	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	12	Good
Sep	9	Good
Oct	11	Good
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	47	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Alindao?

Alindao sits at 5.0°N, 21.2°E, 441 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Gbadolite, 86 km away.

Topography around Alindao

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Alindao has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 108 m around an average of 451 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 234 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m.

The land around Alindao is covered by trees (63%) and shrubs (25%) within 3 km, trees (59%) and shrubs (32%) within 16 km, and trees (66%) within 80 km.

3 km

108 m

trees 63%

16 km

234 m

trees 59%

80 km

330 m

trees 66%

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

August weather nearby: Gbadolite 86 km · Bambari 101 km · Ippy 138 km · Kouango 138 km · Bangassou 181 km · Bria 189 km · Businga 191 km · Sibut 249 km

Central African Republic travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 4; Do Not Travel
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 42% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $556; 2025
Happiness: 3.5 / 10; World Happiness, 2019
Safe drinking water: 6%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 20.1; per 100k, 2016
Road deaths: 37.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank

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 Alindao (5.0267°, 21.2088°, elevation 441 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	29	21
2	29	21
3	29	21
4	29	21
5	29	21
6	29	21
7	29	21
8	29	21
9	29	21
10	29	21
11	29	21
12	29	21
13	29	21
14	29	21
15	29	21
16	29	21
17	29	21
18	29	21
19	29	21
20	29	21
21	29	21
22	29	21
23	29	21
24	29	21
25	29	21
26	29	21
27	29	21
28	29	21
29	29	21
30	29	21
31	29	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	74
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	78
14	78
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	80
19	80
20	81
21	81
22	82
23	83
24	83
25	84
26	84
27	85
28	85
29	86
30	86
31	86

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	74
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	78
14	78
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	80
19	80
20	81
21	81
22	82
23	83
24	83
25	84
26	84
27	85
28	85
29	86
30	86
31	86

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	19	81
2	19	81
3	18	82
4	18	82
5	18	82
6	18	82
7	18	82
8	19	81
9	19	81
10	19	81
11	19	81
12	20	80
13	20	80
14	19	81
15	19	81
16	19	81
17	18	82
18	18	82
19	18	82
20	18	82
21	18	82
22	18	82
23	17	83
24	17	83
25	17	83
26	18	82
27	17	83
28	17	83
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	17	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	74
2	74
3	75
4	75
5	75
6	75
7	75
8	76
9	76
10	77
11	77
12	77
13	78
14	78
15	79
16	79
17	79
18	80
19	80
20	81
21	81
22	82
23	83
24	83
25	84
26	84
27	85
28	85
29	86
30	86
31	86

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	25	75
2	25	75
3	25	75
4	25	75
5	25	75
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	24	76
10	24	76
11	24	76
12	23	77
13	23	77
14	22	78
15	22	78
16	22	78
17	22	78
18	22	78
19	21	79
20	21	79
21	21	79
22	21	79
23	21	79
24	20	80
25	20	80
26	20	80
27	19	81
28	19	81
29	19	81
30	19	81
31	19	81