Akanda weather in July

In July, Akanda sees average daytime highs of 25°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 32 mm of rain across 6.6 wet days and about 12 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in July, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 hours at the start of July to 12 hours by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, July is Akanda's 1st-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Akanda's year-round climate.

Daytime high
25°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
2nd coldest
Rainfall
32 mm
6.6 wet days
Daylight
12 hours
6:27 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
67%
1st clearest
Wind
19 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.59 kWh/m²
Travel score
7.2
out of 10

Akanda is city in Komo-Mondah, Gabon.

Founded
2013

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in July

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 25°C through the month.

A typical July day in Akanda reaches about 25°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 1°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, July runs about 1°C cooler than June and on par with August.

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How July really feels in Akanda

Once humidity and wind are folded in, July averages 0 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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

July sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Akanda weather by month

How July compares with the rest of the year at a glance. July is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan27° / 25°20928123.7
Feb28° / 26°17224.4123.8
Mar28° / 26°21127123.5
Apr28° / 26°21625.4123.6
May27° / 26°21824.8124.2
Jun26° / 25°7211.2126.3
Jul25° / 24°326.6127.2
Aug25° / 24°307.8127.0
Sep26° / 25°12319.7125.0
Oct26° / 25°28528.9123.7
Nov27° / 25°31929.1123.5
Dec27° / 25°26629.6123.6

Cloud cover in July

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% of the time in July, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 23% of July, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

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

Any precipitation

Akanda gets around 32 mm of rain over 6.6 wet days in July. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 21% and peaks near 25% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Humidity in July

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, July lands in the oppressive band about 71% 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 July

Winds average 19 km/h in July.

Across July, daily wind ranges from about 19 km/h on the calmest days to 20 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 July

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Daylight runs from about 12 hours at the start of July to 12 hours by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over July. Sunrise moves from 6:25 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.06:256:27
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412.06:266:28
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Solar energy in July

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in July, about 4.59 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.54 kWh/m² to a high of 5.26 kWh/m² in March across the year — July's 4.59 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in July

Hazard calendar for Akanda

In seasonPeak

None of Akanda's seasonal hazards are active in July. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Akanda's rainy season runs October–May, when most of the year's rain falls.

Rainy season
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Is July a good time to visit Akanda?

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

7.2
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
6.5
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

July is one of the better times to visit Akanda for general sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Akanda in July

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

In July, Akanda sees daytime highs around 25°C and nights near 24°C. Worth packing: light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

Sea temperature near Akanda in July

The nearest coast averages about 26°C in July — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in March at about 29°C and coldest in August near 25°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan29Tropical
Feb29Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr29Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul26Warm
Aug25Warm
Sep26Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Warm
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Akanda in July

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in July peaks around 9 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Akanda peaks around March 23 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 20 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 highExtremeMar 23UV 13Jun 20UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan11Extreme
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun9Very high
Jul9Very high
Aug9Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct13Extreme
Nov11Extreme
Dec10Very high

Air quality in Akanda in July

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where July falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Akanda is worst in February — around 31 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.7× the cleanest month (October, 7 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateGoodModerateFeb 1130 µg/m³Oct 147 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan27Moderate
Feb31Moderate
Mar20Moderate
Apr15Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep9Good
Oct7Good
Nov11Good
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Akanda?

Akanda sits at 0.6°N, 9.3°E, 291 m above sea level, in Gabon. The nearest listed city is Libreville, 28 km away.

OwendoNtoumBataPort-GentilOyamLambarénéCiudad de la Paz

Topography around Akanda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Akanda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m around an average of 16 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 70 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 477 m.

The land around Akanda is covered by trees (54%) and water (40%) within 3 km, water (71%) and trees (20%) within 16 km, and water (51%) and trees (40%) within 80 km.

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66 m
16 km
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80 km
477 m
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July weather nearby: Libreville 28 km · Owendo 40 km · Ntoum 54 km · Bata 148 km · Port-Gentil 160 km · Oyam 175 km · Lambaréné 177 km · Ciudad de la Paz 199 km

Gabon travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,263
2025
Happiness
5.2 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
23.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
Religion
Protestant 46%Roman Catholic 30%Muslim 11%none 7%

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 Akanda (0.6073°, 9.3293°, elevation 291 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. Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).