Dourbali weather in August

In August, Dourbali sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 197 mm of rain across 22.9 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 31°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 Dourbali's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dourbali's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
197 mm
22.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:49 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Dourbali is city in Chari-Baguirmi 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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Dourbali reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 7°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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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Dourbali

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.

Dourbali 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°0011.44.6
Feb36° / 19°0011.62.6
Mar40° / 23°00.111.90.4
Apr41° / 26°51.712.30.0
May40° / 27°23612.50.2
Jun37° / 26°429.612.71.5
Jul33° / 24°1141712.62.9
Aug31° / 23°19722.912.43.3
Sep32° / 23°10515.412.13.3
Oct36° / 23°214.511.72.4
Nov36° / 20°00.111.52.4
Dec34° / 17°0011.34.2

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 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 78%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12179
22179
32179
42179
52080
62080
72080
82179
92080
102080
112179
122179
132179
142278
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dourbali gets around 197 mm of rain over 22.9 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 73% and peaks near 76% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
172
273
374
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1475
1575
1675
1774
1874
1974
2074
2173
2273
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2671
2771
2870
2970
3069
3168

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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1982
2973
3973
4973
5964
6964
7955
8955
9946
10946
11937
12937
13928
14919
15919
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179010
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 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
18calm
28calm
38calm
48calm
58calm
68calm
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88calm
98calm
108calm
118calm
128calm
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278calm
288calm
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318calm

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 5:47 AM to 5:49 AM, and sunset from 6:18 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:476:18
212.55:476:18
312.55:476:18
412.55:476:17
512.55:476:17
612.55:486:17
712.55:486:16
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1112.45:486:15
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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 5.09 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.09 kWh/m² to a high of 7.12 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.09 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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35.1Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Dourbali

In seasonPeak

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

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

Dourbali sees seasonal dust haze (February–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 Dourbali?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
4.7
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dourbali.

What to pack for Dourbali in August

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

In August, Dourbali sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dourbali 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 Dourbali peaks around March 17 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highExtremeVery highMar 17UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Dourbali 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 Dourbali is worst in February — around 91 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (August, 20 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1891 µg/m³Aug 1720 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan84Unhealthy
Feb91Unhealthy
Mar89Unhealthy
Apr60Unhealthy
May34Moderate
Jun30Moderate
Jul21Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct35Moderate
Nov46Poor
Dec76Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Dourbali?

Dourbali sits at 11.8°N, 15.9°E, 321 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Mandelia, 68 km away.

GuelendengMassakoryBokoroMaga

Topography around Dourbali

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dourbali has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 320 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m.

The land around Dourbali is covered by grassland (76%) within 3 km, grassland (83%) within 16 km, and grassland (80%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
35 m
80 km
52 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
August weather nearby: Mandelia 68 km · Massaguet 88 km · N'Djamena 96 km · Kousséri 96 km · Guelendeng 105 km · Massakory 133 km · Bokoro 144 km · Maga 147 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 Dourbali (11.8062°, 15.8669°, elevation 321 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).