Kabo weather in August

In August, Kabo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 254 mm of rain across 27.1 wet days and about 12.3 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 3% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Kabo's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kabo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
4th coldest
Rainfall
254 mm
27.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:42 AM – 5:57 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
4.75 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Kabo is town in the northern Central African Republic.

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 Kabo reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 32°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 Kabo

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.

Kabo 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
Jan36° / 20°0011.62.8
Feb38° / 22°10.411.71.5
Mar38° / 25°143.511.91.1
Apr36° / 26°5610.512.21.7
May34° / 25°10416.512.32.6
Jun32° / 23°13219.112.43.2
Jul30° / 22°21325.712.43.1
Aug30° / 22°25427.112.33.1
Sep30° / 22°20224.8123.0
Oct32° / 22°13720.511.83.1
Nov34° / 22°142.811.63.3
Dec35° / 20°00.111.63.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% 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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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kabo gets around 254 mm of rain over 27.1 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 87% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 6 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Sunrise & sunset in August

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Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:41 AM to 5:41 AM, and sunset from 6:02 PM to 5:50 PM.

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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 4.75 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.75 kWh/m² to a high of 6.6 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.75 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kabo

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Monsoon
Dust
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Feb
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Sep
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Is August a good time to visit Kabo?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kabo.

What to pack for Kabo in August

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

In August, Kabo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Kabo 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 Kabo peaks around March 18 at about 13 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 18UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb13Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Kabo 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 Kabo is worst in January — around 54 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.4× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

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PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan54Poor
Feb39Poor
Mar40Poor
Apr24Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct17Moderate
Nov29Moderate
Dec50Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Kabo?

Kabo sits at 7.7°N, 18.6°E, 418 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Batangafo, 58 km away.

Kaga-BandoroMoïssalaBoucaDekoaSarhKoumraBossangoa

Topography around Kabo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kabo has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 415 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 89 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 258 m.

The land around Kabo is covered by cropland (49%) and grassland (22%) within 3 km, trees (61%) within 16 km, and trees (76%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
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89 m
80 km
258 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Batangafo 58 km · Kaga-Bandoro 100 km · Moïssala 119 km · Bouca 138 km · Dekoa 161 km · Sarh 163 km · Koumra 180 km · Bossangoa 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 Kabo (7.6994°, 18.629°, elevation 418 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).