Gounou Gaya weather in August

In August, Gounou Gaya sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 215 mm of rain across 24.3 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 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 Gounou Gaya's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Gounou Gaya's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
5th coldest
Rainfall
215 mm
24.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:52 AM – 6:12 PM
Cloud cover
79%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.88 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Gounou Gaya is town 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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Gounou Gaya reaches about 30°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 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Gounou Gaya

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.

Gounou Gaya 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
Jan34° / 18°0011.53.6
Feb37° / 21°0011.71.7
Mar40° / 25°10.211.90.1
Apr40° / 27°133.212.20.2
May37° / 27°5610.812.41.4
Jun34° / 25°7713.412.62.9
Jul31° / 23°14620.412.53.3
Aug30° / 23°21524.312.33.3
Sep31° / 23°1382012.13.3
Oct34° / 23°428.411.83.2
Nov36° / 21°10.211.62.7
Dec34° / 18°0011.43.7

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 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 80%.

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

Any precipitation

Gounou Gaya gets around 215 mm of rain over 24.3 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 78% and peaks near 79% 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 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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 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 5:51 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:04 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 4.88 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.88 kWh/m² to a high of 7.03 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.88 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Gounou Gaya

In seasonPeak

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

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

Gounou Gaya sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

Monsoon
Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Gounou Gaya?

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
4.5
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Gounou Gaya.

What to pack for Gounou Gaya in August

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

In August, Gounou Gaya sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Gounou Gaya 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 Gounou Gaya peaks around March 15 at about 13 (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 15UV 13Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Gounou Gaya 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 Gounou Gaya is worst in March — around 69 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.0× the cleanest month (July, 14 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorMar 1268 µg/m³Jul 1814 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan61Unhealthy
Feb64Unhealthy
Mar69Unhealthy
Apr43Poor
May23Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov35Moderate
Dec58Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Gounou Gaya?

Gounou Gaya sits at 9.6°N, 15.5°E, 345 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Kelo, 48 km away.

Topography around Gounou Gaya

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Gounou Gaya has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 344 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 40 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 318 m.

The land around Gounou Gaya is covered by cropland (71%) within 3 km, cropland (75%) within 16 km, and cropland (56%) and grassland (26%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
40 m
80 km
318 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Kelo 48 km · Fianga 52 km · Pala 73 km · Bongor 74 km · Béré 78 km · Déressia 84 km · Yagoua 85 km · Laï 90 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 Gounou Gaya (9.6294°, 15.5132°, elevation 345 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).