Dambai weather in August

In August, Dambai sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 226 mm of rain across 24.4 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 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% 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 Dambai's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dambai's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
3rd coldest
Rainfall
226 mm
24.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
5:55 AM – 6:11 PM
Cloud cover
82%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.03 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.8
out of 10

Dambai is administrative city of Oti 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 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Dambai reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 5°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.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Dambai

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Dambai 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
Jan33° / 23°81.311.64.3
Feb34° / 25°192.711.73.4
Mar34° / 26°457.111.93.2
Apr33° / 26°569.412.23.3
May32° / 25°8313.312.43.5
Jun30° / 24°11918.812.53.7
Jul29° / 24°18623.412.43.8
Aug28° / 23°22624.412.33.8
Sep29° / 24°23125.8123.3
Oct31° / 24°14522.711.83.3
Nov32° / 24°367.711.64.1
Dec33° / 23°71.511.54.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 9% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 89%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21189
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dambai gets around 226 mm of rain over 24.4 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 79% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
175
274
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573
673
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3187

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 97% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11963
21963
31972
41972
51972
61972
71981
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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 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
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87calm
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107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

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 5:55 AM to 5:54 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:04 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.45:556:16
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312.35:556:16
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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 4.03 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.03 kWh/m² to a high of 5.97 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 4.03 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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274.1Bright
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304.1Bright
314.1Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Dambai

In seasonPeak

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

Dambai's monsoon runs June–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Dambai?

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

3.8
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dambai.

What to pack for Dambai in August

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

In August, Dambai sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Dambai 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 Dambai peaks around September 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highSep 18UV 13Dec 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Dambai 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 Dambai is worst in January — around 167 µg/m³ PM2.5 (very unhealthy), about 10.7× the cleanest month (September, 16 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150180JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 14160 µg/m³Sep 916 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan167Very unhealthy
Feb91Unhealthy
Mar39Poor
Apr35Poor
May20Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul16Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov39Poor
Dec124Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Dambai?

Dambai sits at 8.1°N, 0.2°E, 116 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Badou, 71 km away.

BadouBimbilaYegyiSalagaSotoubouaHohoeAniéKpandu

Topography around Dambai

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dambai has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 55 m around an average of 97 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 74 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 815 m.

The land around Dambai is covered by shrubs (30%) and water (27%) within 3 km, shrubs (50%) and water (20%) within 16 km, and shrubs (31%) and trees (28%) within 80 km.

3 km
55 m
16 km
74 m
80 km
815 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Badou 71 km · Bimbila 89 km · Yegyi 93 km · Salaga 94 km · Sotouboua 104 km · Hohoe 107 km · Anié 118 km · Kpandu 120 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 Dambai (8.0662°, 0.1795°, elevation 116 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).