Fada weather in August

In August, Fada sees average daytime highs of 36°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 25 mm of rain across 5.6 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 36°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Fada's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Fada's year-round climate.

Daytime high
36°
6th warmest
Overnight low
25°
8th coldest
Rainfall
25 mm
5.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:20 AM – 5:55 PM
Cloud cover
35%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.68 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.2
out of 10

Fada is city in 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 36°C through the month.

A typical August day in Fada reaches about 36°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than 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 Fada

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.

Fada weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 13°0011.18.4
Feb30° / 15°0011.46.6
Mar34° / 19°0011.94.0
Apr38° / 24°0012.41.5
May40° / 26°10.312.80.3
Jun40° / 27°10.3130.4
Jul37° / 26°112.312.91.7
Aug36° / 25°255.612.62.2
Sep38° / 26°61.412.11.5
Oct36° / 23°00.111.62.9
Nov32° / 18°0011.25.8
Dec28° / 14°00118.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Fada gets around 25 mm of rain over 5.6 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 17% and peaks near 20% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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218
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2016
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 30% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 39% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
12913202514
22812202614
32612202715
42512192816
52411192916
62411193017
72311183017
82311183117
92211183217
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132412183115
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152513183014
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27391618199
28411517188
29441516178
30471515168
31491414157

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:16 AM to 5:23 AM, and sunset from 6:03 PM to 5:44 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:166:03
212.85:176:03
312.85:176:02
412.75:176:02
512.75:176:01
612.75:186:01
712.75:186:00
812.75:186:00
912.75:195:59
1012.75:195:59
1112.75:195:58
1212.65:195:58
1312.65:205:57
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1812.65:215:54
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2612.45:225:48
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2812.45:235:47
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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 6.68 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.57 kWh/m² to a high of 7.78 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.68 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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

Hazard calendar for Fada

In seasonPeak

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

Fada sees seasonal dust haze (March–October), heaviest in June.

Dust
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Sep
Oct
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Is August a good time to visit Fada?

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

2.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Fada.

What to pack for Fada in August

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

In August, Fada sees daytime highs around 36°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 6 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Fada 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 Fada peaks around September 10 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highSep 10UV 12Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Very high
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Fada 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 Fada is worst in March — around 93 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.1× the cleanest month (September, 44 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyMar 1192 µg/m³Sep 1044 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan81Unhealthy
Feb91Unhealthy
Mar93Unhealthy
Apr74Unhealthy
May65Unhealthy
Jun56Unhealthy
Jul56Unhealthy
Aug46Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct58Unhealthy
Nov51Poor
Dec73Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Fada?

Fada sits at 17.2°N, 21.6°E, 562 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Amdjarass, 183 km away.

AmdjarassIribaFaya-LargeauBiltineAbéchéAdréEl Geneina Fort'Ārdamatā

Topography around Fada

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Fada has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 188 m around an average of 572 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 381 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 852 m.

The land around Fada is covered by bare terrain (97%) within 3 km, bare terrain (100%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (99%) within 80 km.

3 km
188 m
16 km
381 m
80 km
852 m
treesshrubsgrasslandbare terrain
August weather nearby: Amdjarass 183 km · Iriba 242 km · Faya-Largeau 275 km · Biltine 304 km · Abéché 382 km · Adré 420 km · El Geneina Fort 424 km · 'Ārdamatā 424 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 Fada (17.1919°, 21.5808°, elevation 562 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).