Mongo weather in August

In August, Mongo sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 289 mm of rain across 26.9 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 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 Mongo's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Mongo's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
289 mm
26.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
5:37 AM – 6:02 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.11 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.0
out of 10

Mongo 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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Mongo 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 Mongo

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.

Mongo 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°0011.44.8
Feb35° / 18°0011.63.0
Mar38° / 22°00.111.91.1
Apr40° / 25°62.312.30.2
May39° / 27°308.312.60.7
Jun36° / 26°621312.71.8
Jul32° / 24°17623.312.62.7
Aug30° / 23°28926.912.43.0
Sep32° / 23°14018.312.13.2
Oct35° / 23°255.411.73.0
Nov35° / 20°10.211.43.1
Dec33° / 17°0011.34.4

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 77%.

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

Any precipitation

Mongo gets around 289 mm of rain over 26.9 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 87% and peaks near 90% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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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

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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 5:35 AM to 5:38 AM, and sunset from 6:08 PM to 5:53 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.55:356:08
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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 5.11 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.11 kWh/m² to a high of 7.1 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.11 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Mongo

In seasonPeak

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

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

Mongo 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 Mongo?

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

3.0
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
4.1
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Mongo.

What to pack for Mongo in August

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

In August, Mongo sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 27 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Mongo 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 Mongo 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
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Mongo 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 Mongo is worst in March — around 66 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.5× the cleanest month (August, 19 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorUnhealthyPoorModerateMar 1663 µg/m³Aug 1519 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan35Poor
Feb44Poor
Mar66Unhealthy
Apr43Poor
May25Moderate
Jun25Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep21Moderate
Oct28Moderate
Nov23Moderate
Dec27Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Mongo?

Mongo sits at 12.2°N, 18.7°E, 429 m above sea level, in Chad. The nearest listed city is Bitkine, 56 km away.

MangalméAtiUmm HājarBokoroAm TimanBoussoMoussoro

Topography around Mongo

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Mongo has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 361 m around an average of 451 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 828 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,219 m.

The land around Mongo is covered by grassland (63%) within 3 km, grassland (81%) within 16 km, and grassland (65%) and shrubs (31%) within 80 km.

3 km
361 m
16 km
828 m
80 km
1,219 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Bitkine 56 km · Mangalmé 102 km · Ati 120 km · Umm Hājar 165 km · Bokoro 178 km · Am Timan 215 km · Bousso 287 km · Moussoro 288 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 Mongo (12.1851°, 18.6884°, elevation 429 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).