Dzodze weather in August

In August, Dzodze sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 74 mm of rain across 16.7 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 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 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Dzodze's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dzodze's year-round climate.

Daytime high
28°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
74 mm
16.7 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:54 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
81%
10th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.42 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.8
out of 10

Dzodze is district capital in Volta 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 Dzodze 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 27°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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How August really feels in Dzodze

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.

Dzodze 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 24°267.611.74.3
Feb33° / 25°3910.611.83.5
Mar33° / 26°6315123.1
Apr32° / 25°8617.512.13.0
May31° / 25°15124.612.32.8
Jun29° / 24°17425.212.43.2
Jul28° / 23°10619.812.34.3
Aug28° / 23°7416.712.24.8
Sep29° / 24°13223123.6
Oct30° / 24°14324.711.93.2
Nov32° / 24°7419.411.73.3
Dec32° / 24°3410.211.64.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21288
31288
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dzodze gets around 74 mm of rain over 16.7 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 55% and peaks near 69% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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3169

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 93% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1694
2793
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Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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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 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 5:54 AM to 5:52 AM, and sunset from 6:10 PM to 6:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:546:10
212.35:546:10
312.35:546:10
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512.35:546:10
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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 4.42 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.36 kWh/m² to a high of 5.84 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.42 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Dzodze

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Dzodze?

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

4.8
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
5.5
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Dzodze for sightseeing.

What to pack for Dzodze in August

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

In August, Dzodze sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

Sea temperature near Dzodze in August

The nearest coast averages about 24°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 19 km away) is warmest in May at about 29°C and coldest in August near 24°C.

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

22°24°26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb28Warm
Mar28Tropical
Apr28Tropical
May29Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul25Warm
Aug24Refreshing
Sep25Warm
Oct27Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Dzodze in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dzodze peaks around April 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highExtremeExtremeVery highApr 10UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Dzodze 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 Dzodze is worst in January — around 83 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.3× the cleanest month (September, 16 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyModerateJan 1780 µg/m³Sep 1116 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan83Unhealthy
Feb65Unhealthy
Mar33Moderate
Apr30Moderate
May19Moderate
Jun19Moderate
Jul19Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep16Moderate
Oct19Moderate
Nov25Moderate
Dec64Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Dzodze?

Dzodze sits at 6.2°N, 1.0°E, 55 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Akatsi, 25 km away.

AnlogaVogan

Topography around Dzodze

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dzodze has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 54 m around an average of 45 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 104 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 984 m.

The land around Dzodze is covered by shrubs (37%), grassland (23%) and trees (20%) within 3 km, shrubs (35%) and grassland (27%) within 16 km, and water (27%) and shrubs (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
54 m
16 km
104 m
80 km
984 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetlandmangroves
August weather nearby: Akatsi 25 km · Aflao 25 km · Lomé 28 km · Tsévié 32 km · Keta 35 km · Anloga 50 km · Vogan 60 km · Aného 66 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 Dzodze (6.2367°, 0.9958°, elevation 55 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).