Akwatia weather in August

In August, Akwatia sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 99 mm of rain across 21.5 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Akwatia's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Akwatia's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 1st coldest
Rainfall: 99 mm; 21.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:01 AM – 6:13 PM
Cloud cover: 86%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.8 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.2; out of 10

Akwatia is town in Eastern Region, Ghana.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Akwatia reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	28	22
24	28	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	23
28	28	23
29	28	23
30	28	23
31	28	23

How August really feels in Akwatia

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August 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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Akwatia weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 7th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	32° / 23°	30	7.2	11.7	4.4
Feb	33° / 24°	48	10.4	11.8	3.4
Mar	33° / 24°	97	19.2	12	2.9
Apr	32° / 24°	110	20.2	12.1	2.9
May	31° / 24°	161	25.2	12.3	2.9
Jun	29° / 23°	191	26	12.3	3.2
Jul	28° / 23°	128	22.8	12.3	4.0
Aug	28° / 22°	99	21.5	12.2	4.2
Sep	29° / 23°	153	25.9	12	3.3
Oct	30° / 23°	165	26.4	11.9	3.2
Nov	31° / 23°	85	17.9	11.7	3.7
Dec	31° / 23°	37	8.6	11.7	4.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6
Cloudier (%)	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	94

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Akwatia gets around 99 mm of rain over 21.5 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 70% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	64	63	63	63	63	63	63	64	64	64	65	65	66	67	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	74	75	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	63
3	63
4	63
5	63
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	65
12	65
13	66
14	67
15	67
16	68
17	69
18	70
19	71
20	72
21	73
22	74
23	75
24	76
25	77
26	78
27	79
28	80
29	81
30	82
31	83

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 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	29	30	31	31	32	32	33	32	32	32	31	30	29	28	27	25	24	22	20	18	17	15	14	13	11	10	9	8	8	7	6
Oppressive (%)	71	70	69	69	68	68	67	68	68	68	69	70	71	72	73	75	76	78	80	82	83	85	86	87	89	90	91	92	92	93	94

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	29	71
2	30	70
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	30	70
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	22	78
19	20	80
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	15	85
23	14	86
24	13	87
25	11	89
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	7	93
31	6	94

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

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.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
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31	8	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 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 6:01 AM to 6:00 AM, and sunset from 6:17 PM to 6:07 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:02	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:01	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00	6:00
Sunset (PM)	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:07

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:01	6:17
2	12.3	6:01	6:17
3	12.3	6:01	6:17
4	12.3	6:01	6:17
5	12.2	6:02	6:16
6	12.2	6:02	6:16
7	12.2	6:02	6:16
8	12.2	6:02	6:16
9	12.2	6:02	6:16
10	12.2	6:02	6:15
11	12.2	6:02	6:15
12	12.2	6:02	6:15
13	12.2	6:01	6:14
14	12.2	6:01	6:14
15	12.2	6:01	6:14
16	12.2	6:01	6:13
17	12.2	6:01	6:13
18	12.2	6:01	6:13
19	12.2	6:01	6:12
20	12.2	6:01	6:12
21	12.2	6:01	6:11
22	12.2	6:01	6:11
23	12.2	6:01	6:11
24	12.2	6:01	6:10
25	12.2	6:00	6:10
26	12.1	6:00	6:09
27	12.1	6:00	6:09
28	12.1	6:00	6:08
29	12.1	6:00	6:08
30	12.1	6:00	6:07
31	12.1	6:00	6:07

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.8 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.79 kWh/m² to a high of 5.33 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 3.8 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.7	Moderate
2	3.7	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.7	Moderate
7	3.7	Moderate
8	3.7	Moderate
9	3.8	Moderate
10	3.8	Moderate
11	3.8	Moderate
12	3.8	Moderate
13	3.8	Moderate
14	3.8	Moderate
15	3.8	Moderate
16	3.8	Moderate
17	3.8	Moderate
18	3.8	Moderate
19	3.8	Moderate
20	3.8	Moderate
21	3.8	Moderate
22	3.8	Moderate
23	3.8	Moderate
24	3.9	Moderate
25	3.9	Moderate
26	3.9	Moderate
27	3.9	Moderate
28	3.9	Moderate
29	3.9	Moderate
30	3.9	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Akwatia

In seasonPeak

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

Akwatia sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

Dust

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Is August a good time to visit Akwatia?

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

4.2

Sightseeing

3rd-best month of the year

4.7

Beach & pool

6th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Akwatia for sightseeing.

What to pack for Akwatia in August

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

In August, Akwatia sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 22 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Akwatia in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Akwatia peaks around April 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 9 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	12	13	13	11	11	11	11	13	12	10	9
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	11	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	12	Extreme
Nov	10	Very high
Dec	9	Very high

Air quality in Akwatia 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 Akwatia is worst in January — around 94 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (August, 22 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	94	77	47	45	32	28	24	22	24	34	46	82
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	94	Unhealthy
Feb	77	Unhealthy
Mar	47	Poor
Apr	45	Poor
May	32	Moderate
Jun	28	Moderate
Jul	24	Moderate
Aug	22	Moderate
Sep	24	Moderate
Oct	34	Moderate
Nov	46	Poor
Dec	82	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Akwatia?

Akwatia sits at 6.0°N, 0.8°W, 138 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Kade, 7.0 km away.

Topography around Akwatia

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Akwatia has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m around an average of 143 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 616 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 838 m.

The land around Akwatia is covered by trees (75%) within 3 km, trees (94%) within 16 km, and trees (85%) within 80 km.

3 km

48 m

trees 75%

16 km

616 m

trees 94%

80 km

838 m

trees 85%

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← July Akwatia year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Kade 7.0 km · Akim Oda 23 km · Asamankese 26 km · Suhum 40 km · Anyinam 48 km · Nkawkaw 56 km · Nsawam 57 km · Swedru 57 km

Ghana travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 38% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $3,257; 2025
Happiness: 4.6 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 43%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 1.8; per 100k, 2022
Road deaths: 25.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: Moderate; EF EPI 540
Religion

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 Akwatia (6.0402°, -0.8088°, elevation 138 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	28	22
24	28	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	23
28	28	23
29	28	23
30	28	23
31	28	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	63
3	63
4	63
5	63
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	65
12	65
13	66
14	67
15	67
16	68
17	69
18	70
19	71
20	72
21	73
22	74
23	75
24	76
25	77
26	78
27	79
28	80
29	81
30	82
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	29	71
2	30	70
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	30	70
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	22	78
19	20	80
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	15	85
23	14	86
24	13	87
25	11	89
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	7	93
31	6	94

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	28	22
24	28	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	23
28	28	23
29	28	23
30	28	23
31	28	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	63
3	63
4	63
5	63
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	65
12	65
13	66
14	67
15	67
16	68
17	69
18	70
19	71
20	72
21	73
22	74
23	75
24	76
25	77
26	78
27	79
28	80
29	81
30	82
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	29	71
2	30	70
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	30	70
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	22	78
19	20	80
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	15	85
23	14	86
24	13	87
25	11	89
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	7	93
31	6	94

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	28	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	28	22
24	28	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	23
28	28	23
29	28	23
30	28	23
31	28	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	4	96
2	4	96
3	4	96
4	4	96
5	4	96
6	4	96
7	4	96
8	4	96
9	4	96
10	4	96
11	4	96
12	4	96
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	4	96
16	4	96
17	4	96
18	4	96
19	5	95
20	5	95
21	5	95
22	5	95
23	5	95
24	5	95
25	5	95
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	6	94
31	6	94

	Rain chance (%)
1	64
2	63
3	63
4	63
5	63
6	63
7	63
8	64
9	64
10	64
11	65
12	65
13	66
14	67
15	67
16	68
17	69
18	70
19	71
20	72
21	73
22	74
23	75
24	76
25	77
26	78
27	79
28	80
29	81
30	82
31	83

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	29	71
2	30	70
3	31	69
4	31	69
5	32	68
6	32	68
7	33	67
8	32	68
9	32	68
10	32	68
11	31	69
12	30	70
13	29	71
14	28	72
15	27	73
16	25	75
17	24	76
18	22	78
19	20	80
20	18	82
21	17	83
22	15	85
23	14	86
24	13	87
25	11	89
26	10	90
27	9	91
28	8	92
29	8	92
30	7	93
31	6	94