Baboua weather in August

In August, Baboua sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 19°C, with 280 mm of rain across 28.3 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 26°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Baboua's 12th-clearest and 5th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Baboua's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 26°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 19°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 280 mm; 28.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 5:59 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover: 86%; 12th clearest
Wind: 7 km/h; 5th windiest
Solar energy: 4.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.7; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Baboua reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 19°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with 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)	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26	26
Avg low (°C)	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19	19

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

How August really feels in Baboua

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.

Baboua 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	32° / 18°	3	0.7	11.7	5.2
Feb	32° / 19°	14	2.6	11.8	4.3
Mar	31° / 21°	85	12.7	12	3.9
Apr	29° / 20°	192	23.1	12.1	3.6
May	28° / 20°	196	25.6	12.3	3.9
Jun	27° / 19°	201	26.9	12.3	3.9
Jul	26° / 19°	242	27.9	12.3	3.8
Aug	26° / 19°	280	28.3	12.2	3.7
Sep	27° / 19°	273	27.8	12	3.6
Oct	28° / 19°	214	26.3	11.9	3.9
Nov	29° / 18°	47	8.2	11.7	5.4
Dec	31° / 17°	4	0.9	11.7	5.7

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

	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	5	5	6	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	5	5	6	6
Cloudier (%)	96	95	95	94	94	94	94	94	93	92	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	95	95	95	94	94

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

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Baboua gets around 280 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 93% 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 (%)	90	90	90	89	89	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	91	91	91	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93	93

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

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 87% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 87% 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 (%)	13	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11
Muggy (%)	87	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	89

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	13	87
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

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)	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	7	calm
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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 5:59 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 6:14 PM to 6:04 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	12.2	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	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:59	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:57	5:57
Sunset (PM)	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:05	6:04

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	5:59	6:14
2	12.3	5:59	6:14
3	12.2	5:59	6:14
4	12.2	5:59	6:14
5	12.2	5:59	6:14
6	12.2	5:59	6:13
7	12.2	5:59	6:13
8	12.2	5:59	6:13
9	12.2	5:59	6:13
10	12.2	5:59	6:12
11	12.2	5:59	6:12
12	12.2	5:59	6:12
13	12.2	5:59	6:12
14	12.2	5:59	6:11
15	12.2	5:59	6:11
16	12.2	5:59	6:11
17	12.2	5:59	6:10
18	12.2	5:59	6:10
19	12.2	5:59	6:09
20	12.2	5:59	6:09
21	12.2	5:59	6:09
22	12.2	5:59	6:08
23	12.2	5:58	6:08
24	12.2	5:58	6:07
25	12.1	5:58	6:07
26	12.1	5:58	6:07
27	12.1	5:58	6:06
28	12.1	5:58	6:06
29	12.1	5:58	6:05
30	12.1	5:57	6:05
31	12.1	5:57	6:04

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.4 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.45 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.4 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	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5
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	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
8	4.3	Bright
9	4.3	Bright
10	4.3	Bright
11	4.3	Bright
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18	4.4	Bright
19	4.4	Bright
20	4.4	Bright
21	4.4	Bright
22	4.4	Bright
23	4.4	Bright
24	4.5	Bright
25	4.5	Bright
26	4.5	Bright
27	4.5	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 Baboua

In seasonPeak

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

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

Baboua sees seasonal dust haze (March), heaviest in March.

Rainy season

Dust

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Is August a good time to visit Baboua?

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

3.7

Sightseeing

10th-best month of the year

3.6

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Baboua.

What to pack for Baboua in August

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

In August, Baboua sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 19°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 28 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Baboua 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 Baboua peaks around March 22 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 14 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	12	15	14	12	11	12	12	13	13	10	9
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	11	Extreme
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	15	Extreme
Apr	14	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	10	Extreme
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Baboua 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 Baboua is worst in February — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 6.8× the cleanest month (September, 10 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)	44	70	58	27	16	16	12	11	10	15	20	36
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	44	Poor
Feb	70	Unhealthy
Mar	58	Unhealthy
Apr	27	Moderate
May	16	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	12	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	20	Moderate
Dec	36	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Baboua?

Baboua sits at 5.8°N, 14.8°E, 968 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Garoua Boulaï, 32 km away.

Topography around Baboua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Baboua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 100 m around an average of 966 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 279 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 649 m.

The land around Baboua is covered by shrubs (39%), trees (33%) and grassland (25%) within 3 km, trees (72%) and shrubs (25%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

100 m

shrubs 39%

16 km

279 m

trees 72%

80 km

649 m

trees 76%

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

August weather nearby: Garoua Boulaï 32 km · Abba 63 km · Bouar 86 km · Meïganga 99 km · Baoro 127 km · Carnot 150 km · Batouri 160 km · Bocaranga 160 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 Baboua (5.7957°, 14.828°, elevation 968 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	26	19
2	26	19
3	26	19
4	26	19
5	26	19
6	26	19
7	26	19
8	26	19
9	26	19
10	26	19
11	26	19
12	26	19
13	26	19
14	26	19
15	26	19
16	26	19
17	26	19
18	26	19
19	26	19
20	26	19
21	26	19
22	26	19
23	26	19
24	26	19
25	26	19
26	26	19
27	26	19
28	26	19
29	26	19
30	26	19
31	26	19

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

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	13	87
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

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

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

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	13	87
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89

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

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

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

	Humid (%)	Muggy (%)
1	13	87
2	14	86
3	14	86
4	14	86
5	14	86
6	14	86
7	14	86
8	14	86
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	14	86
13	14	86
14	14	86
15	14	86
16	14	86
17	14	86
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	13	87
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	13	87
24	12	88
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	11	89
29	11	89
30	11	89
31	11	89