Bossangoa weather in August

In August, Bossangoa sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 232 mm of rain across 27.4 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-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 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 Bossangoa's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bossangoa's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
12th warmest
Overnight low
21°
5th coldest
Rainfall
232 mm
27.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:48 AM – 6:01 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Bossangoa is city.

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 Bossangoa 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 about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Bossangoa

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 7 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
7
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.

Bossangoa 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
Jan34° / 19°0011.73.5
Feb36° / 22°30.811.82.3
Mar36° / 24°256.6121.9
Apr35° / 24°7012.612.12.4
May33° / 23°1021612.33.1
Jun31° / 23°10718.512.43.6
Jul29° / 22°17824.412.33.5
Aug29° / 21°23227.412.23.2
Sep30° / 21°20025.8123.1
Oct31° / 22°15122.211.93.3
Nov33° / 21°265.211.73.9
Dec34° / 19°10.311.63.8

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 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
21783
31783
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bossangoa gets around 232 mm of rain over 27.4 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 89% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
187
287
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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 71% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
13169
23169
33169
43070
53070
62971
72971
82872
92872
102872
112872
122773
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212872
222971
232971
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253070
263070
273070
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293070
303169
313070

Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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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 5:48 AM to 5:46 AM, and sunset from 6:05 PM to 5:54 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:486:05
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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 4.92 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.54 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.92 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 Bossangoa

In seasonPeak

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

Bossangoa's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Bossangoa?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bossangoa.

What to pack for Bossangoa in August

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

In August, Bossangoa sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bossangoa 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 Bossangoa peaks around March 21 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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeExtremeVery highMar 21UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Bossangoa 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 Bossangoa is worst in January — around 53 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.5× the cleanest month (September, 12 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateModerateJan 2453 µg/m³Sep 1012 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan53Poor
Feb53Poor
Mar43Poor
Apr26Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep12Good
Oct16Moderate
Nov24Moderate
Dec39Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bossangoa?

Bossangoa sits at 6.5°N, 17.5°E, 456 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Bouca, 91 km away.

BoucaBozoumBatangafoYalokéBossembéléPaouaDekoaKabo

Topography around Bossangoa

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bossangoa has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 65 m around an average of 466 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 143 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 338 m.

The land around Bossangoa is covered by grassland (33%) and shrubs (30%) within 3 km, shrubs (43%) and trees (41%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
65 m
16 km
143 m
80 km
338 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Bouca 91 km · Bozoum 120 km · Batangafo 128 km · Yaloké 136 km · Bossembélé 138 km · Paoua 140 km · Dekoa 180 km · Kabo 186 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 Bossangoa (6.4926°, 17.4552°, elevation 456 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).