Ndélé weather in August

In August, Ndélé sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 222 mm of rain across 26.2 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 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 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Ndélé's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ndélé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
5th coldest
Rainfall
222 mm
26.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:33 AM – 5:50 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
6 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.87 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Ndélé is market town in the 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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Ndélé 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 about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Ndélé

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.

Ndélé 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° / 19°0011.62.9
Feb37° / 21°10.311.71.6
Mar38° / 24°143.811.91.1
Apr36° / 25°6010.812.21.7
May33° / 24°11517.312.42.7
Jun31° / 23°12819.712.53.3
Jul30° / 22°18225.112.43.3
Aug29° / 22°22226.212.33.3
Sep30° / 22°21026.4123.0
Oct31° / 22°14820.911.83.2
Nov34° / 21°132.211.63.4
Dec35° / 19°00.111.53.1

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 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 83%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11882
21783
31783
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ndélé gets around 222 mm of rain over 26.2 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 84% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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2885
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3085
3185

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 84% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11882
21783
31783
41783
51684
61684
71684
81585
91585
101585
111585
121585
131585
141585
151585
161684
171684
181684
191684
201783
211783
221783
231783
241783
251783
261783
271783
281783
291684
301684
311684

Wind in August

Winds average 6 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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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
16calm
26calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:32 AM to 5:32 AM, and sunset from 5:55 PM to 5:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:325:55
212.45:325:54
312.45:335:54
412.45:335:54
512.35:335:54
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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 4.87 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.87 kWh/m² to a high of 6.61 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.87 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 Ndélé

In seasonPeak

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

Ndélé's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Ndélé 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 Ndélé?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ndélé.

What to pack for Ndélé in August

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

In August, Ndélé sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Ndélé 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 Ndélé peaks around March 17 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 highMar 17UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Ndélé 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 Ndélé is worst in December — around 61 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 12 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateDec 2361 µg/m³Aug 1612 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan59Unhealthy
Feb49Poor
Mar41Poor
Apr24Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul13Moderate
Aug12Good
Sep13Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov27Moderate
Dec61Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Ndélé?

Ndélé sits at 8.4°N, 20.6°E, 514 m above sea level, in Central African Republic. The nearest listed city is Kyabé, 220 km away.

KyabéKaga-BandoroKaboIppyBriaSarhBatangafoDekoa

Topography around Ndélé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ndélé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 182 m around an average of 545 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 227 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 481 m.

The land around Ndélé is covered by trees (41%), grassland (32%) and shrubs (21%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and shrubs (37%) within 16 km, and trees (68%) and shrubs (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
182 m
16 km
227 m
80 km
481 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Kyabé 220 km · Kaga-Bandoro 226 km · Kabo 236 km · Ippy 247 km · Bria 255 km · Sarh 262 km · Batangafo 288 km · Dekoa 290 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 Ndélé (8.4109°, 20.6473°, elevation 514 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).