Bitkine weather in August

In August, Bitkine sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 236 mm of rain across 25.8 wet days and about 12.4 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 5% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bitkine's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bitkine's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
236 mm
25.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:39 AM – 6:03 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.98 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.1
out of 10

Bitkine is place in Guéra Region, Chad.

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 Bitkine reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Bitkine

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.

Bitkine 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
Jan33° / 16°0011.44.4
Feb36° / 19°0011.62.6
Mar39° / 23°00.111.90.7
Apr40° / 26°72.112.30.0
May39° / 27°318.512.50.7
Jun36° / 26°5812.312.71.9
Jul32° / 24°14721.312.62.9
Aug30° / 23°23625.812.43.1
Sep32° / 23°13318.412.13.2
Oct35° / 23°275.711.72.9
Nov36° / 20°10.211.42.8
Dec34° / 17°0011.34.0

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 (%)
12179
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bitkine gets around 236 mm of rain over 25.8 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 83% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days.

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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 99% 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 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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 30 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 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:37 AM to 5:40 AM, and sunset from 6:09 PM to 5:55 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:376:09
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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 4.98 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.98 kWh/m² to a high of 7.09 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.98 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bitkine

In seasonPeak

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

Bitkine's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Bitkine sees seasonal dust haze (March–July), heaviest in March.

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

Is August a good time to visit Bitkine?

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

3.1
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bitkine.

What to pack for Bitkine in August

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

In August, Bitkine sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Bitkine 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 Bitkine peaks around August 12 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 highAug 12UV 13Dec 15UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Bitkine 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 Bitkine is worst in March — around 70 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (August, 18 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateMar 1567 µg/m³Aug 1618 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan46Poor
Feb54Poor
Mar70Unhealthy
Apr44Poor
May26Moderate
Jun24Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct30Moderate
Nov28Moderate
Dec37Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bitkine?

Bitkine sits at 12.0°N, 18.2°E, 468 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Mongo, 56 km away.

BokoroAtiMangalméUmm HājarBoussoAm TimanDourbali

Topography around Bitkine

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bitkine has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 187 m around an average of 473 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,201 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,227 m.

The land around Bitkine is covered by grassland (57%) and cropland (24%) within 3 km, grassland (71%) within 16 km, and grassland (62%) and shrubs (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
187 m
16 km
1,201 m
80 km
1,227 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Mongo 56 km · Bokoro 133 km · Ati 138 km · Mangalmé 158 km · Umm Hājar 217 km · Bousso 233 km · Am Timan 248 km · Dourbali 256 km

Chad travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / D / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 35% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,022
2025
Happiness
4.4 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
6%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
32.4
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 52%Protestant 24%Roman Catholic 20%none 3%

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 Bitkine (11.9801°, 18.2138°, elevation 468 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).