Boali weather in August

In August, Boali sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 163 mm of rain across 23.6 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-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 5% 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 Boali's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Boali's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
6th coldest
Rainfall
163 mm
23.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:47 AM – 5:56 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.99 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.5
out of 10

Boali is human settlement.

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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Boali reaches about 29°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 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Boali

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.

Boali weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 3rd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 20°81.511.83.5
Feb35° / 22°173.811.82.8
Mar34° / 24°7312122.8
Apr33° / 23°10715.312.13.1
May32° / 23°10216.612.23.5
Jun31° / 23°8315.212.34.0
Jul30° / 22°11219.512.33.9
Aug29° / 22°16323.612.23.5
Sep30° / 22°17524.3123.2
Oct30° / 22°18925.111.93.1
Nov32° / 22°8313.111.83.8
Dec33° / 21°111.911.74.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 5% 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 80%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22179
32179
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52179
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Boali gets around 163 mm of rain over 23.6 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 76% and peaks near 84% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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268
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468
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2181
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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 88% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11783
21684
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Wind in August

Winds average 5 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.

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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 5:47 AM to 5:45 AM, and sunset from 6:00 PM to 5:50 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.25:476:00
212.25:476:00
312.25:476:00
412.25:475:59
512.25:475:59
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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 4.99 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.99 kWh/m² to a high of 6.2 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.99 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Boali

In seasonPeak

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

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

Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Boali?

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

3.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Boali.

What to pack for Boali in August

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

In August, Boali sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Boali 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 Boali peaks around March 19 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highMar 19UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Boali 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 Boali is worst in January — around 79 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.9× the cleanest month (September, 10 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateGoodModerateUnhealthyJan 1278 µg/m³Sep 1510 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan79Unhealthy
Feb62Unhealthy
Mar39Poor
Apr23Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun18Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep10Good
Oct13Moderate
Nov26Moderate
Dec74Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Boali?

Boali sits at 4.8°N, 18.1°E, 379 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Bégoua, 59 km away.

BobanguiMbaïkiYaloké

Topography around Boali

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Boali has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 381 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 353 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 412 m.

The land around Boali is covered by shrubs (37%), grassland (35%) and trees (28%) within 3 km, trees (66%) and shrubs (22%) within 16 km, and trees (73%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
353 m
80 km
412 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Bégoua 59 km · Bangui 68 km · Bimbo 68 km · Zongo 73 km · Bossembélé 74 km · Bobangui 83 km · Mbaïki 105 km · Yaloké 127 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 Boali (4.8005°, 18.1275°, elevation 379 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).