Atebubu weather in August

In August, Atebubu sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 128 mm of rain across 18.6 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-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 1% 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 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Atebubu's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Atebubu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
6th coldest
Rainfall
128 mm
18.6 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:00 AM – 6:16 PM
Cloud cover
84%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.16 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Atebubu is place in Bono East Region, Ghana.

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 Atebubu 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 on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Atebubu

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.

Atebubu weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan35° / 22°81.411.63.3
Feb36° / 24°173.511.72.2
Mar36° / 25°5410.111.91.9
Apr35° / 25°8815.412.22.1
May34° / 24°10117.312.32.5
Jun32° / 24°10518.712.43.1
Jul30° / 23°11418.412.43.6
Aug30° / 23°12818.612.33.7
Sep31° / 23°18723.8123.0
Oct33° / 23°10917.511.83.0
Nov35° / 23°204.511.63.2
Dec35° / 22°61.411.63.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 7% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 92%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2694
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Atebubu gets around 128 mm of rain over 18.6 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 61% and peaks near 74% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
114851
215850
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1015850
1115841
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Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 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
18calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 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 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:00 AM to 5:59 AM, and sunset from 6:20 PM to 6:09 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (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 4.16 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.16 kWh/m² to a high of 6.01 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.16 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Atebubu

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Atebubu?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Atebubu.

What to pack for Atebubu in August

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

In August, Atebubu sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Atebubu 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 Atebubu peaks around April 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near January 9 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 11UV 13Jan 9UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Atebubu 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 Atebubu is worst in January — around 258 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 14.5× the cleanest month (August, 18 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180210240270JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery unhealthyUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 15242 µg/m³Aug 2018 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan258Very unhealthy
Feb100Unhealthy
Mar42Poor
Apr37Poor
May22Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul18Moderate
Aug18Moderate
Sep18Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov34Moderate
Dec148Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Atebubu?

Atebubu sits at 7.8°N, 1.0°W, 136 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Ejura, 58 km away.

EjuraYegyiNkoranzaKintampoMampongSalagaAgogoTechiman

Topography around Atebubu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Atebubu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 130 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 330 m.

The land around Atebubu is covered by cropland (32%), grassland (26%) and artificial surfaces (23%) within 3 km, cropland (47%), shrubs (26%) and grassland (25%) within 16 km, and shrubs (46%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
79 m
80 km
330 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Ejura 58 km · Yegyi 64 km · Nkoranza 83 km · Kintampo 89 km · Mampong 90 km · Salaga 102 km · Agogo 107 km · Techiman 107 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
Christian 71%Muslim 20%other 5%traditionalist 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 Atebubu (7.7554°, -0.9808°, elevation 136 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).