Tamale weather in August

In August, Tamale sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 225 mm of rain across 25.5 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°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 Tamale's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tamale's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 23°; 5th coldest
Rainfall: 225 mm; 25.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 5:58 AM – 6:17 PM
Cloud cover: 81%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Tamale is city in Northern Region, Ghana.

Density: 619/km²; people per km²
Founded: 1906

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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Tamale reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than 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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

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

How August really feels in Tamale

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Tamale weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 22°	2	0.3	11.5	3.7
Feb	37° / 24°	6	1.3	11.7	2.1
Mar	38° / 27°	21	4.7	11.9	1.3
Apr	37° / 27°	51	9.6	12.2	1.7
May	35° / 26°	68	12.1	12.4	2.5
Jun	32° / 24°	78	13.1	12.5	3.5
Jul	30° / 24°	152	21	12.5	3.6
Aug	29° / 23°	225	25.5	12.3	3.4
Sep	30° / 23°	179	22.8	12.1	3.4
Oct	32° / 23°	69	11.4	11.8	3.9
Nov	34° / 23°	7	1.4	11.6	3.5
Dec	34° / 21°	2	0.1	11.5	3.8

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 12% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

	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 (%)	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	11	11	11	12	12	13	13	13	14	14
Cloudier (%)	84	84	84	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	88	88	89	90	90	90	90	89	89	89	88	88	87	87	87	86	86

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	16	84
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	14	86

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tamale gets around 225 mm of rain over 25.5 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 82% and peaks near 87% 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 (%)	76	76	77	77	77	78	78	79	79	80	80	81	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	78
7	78
8	79
9	79
10	80
11	80
12	81
13	81
14	81
15	82
16	82
17	83
18	83
19	84
20	84
21	85
22	85
23	85
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	87
28	87
29	87
30	87
31	87

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.

	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
Oppressive (%)	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	92	92	91	91	91	91	90	90	90	90	90	90	90	90
Miserable (%)	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 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)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
2	9	calm
3	9	calm
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5	9	calm
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13	8	calm
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31	8	calm

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 5:57 AM to 5:58 AM, and sunset from 6:22 PM to 6:09 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)	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:57	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58	5:58
Sunset (PM)	6:22	6:22	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:21	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:19	6:19	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:17	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	5:57	6:22
2	12.4	5:57	6:22
3	12.4	5:57	6:21
4	12.4	5:57	6:21
5	12.4	5:57	6:21
6	12.4	5:57	6:21
7	12.4	5:58	6:20
8	12.4	5:58	6:20
9	12.4	5:58	6:20
10	12.4	5:58	6:19
11	12.3	5:58	6:19
12	12.3	5:58	6:18
13	12.3	5:58	6:18
14	12.3	5:58	6:18
15	12.3	5:58	6:17
16	12.3	5:58	6:17
17	12.3	5:58	6:16
18	12.3	5:58	6:16
19	12.3	5:58	6:15
20	12.3	5:58	6:15
21	12.3	5:58	6:14
22	12.3	5:58	6:14
23	12.3	5:58	6:13
24	12.2	5:58	6:13
25	12.2	5:58	6:12
26	12.2	5:58	6:12
27	12.2	5:58	6:11
28	12.2	5:58	6:11
29	12.2	5:58	6:10
30	12.2	5:58	6:10
31	12.2	5:58	6:09

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.4 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.43 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.4 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)	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.5	Bright
4	4.5	Bright
5	4.5	Bright
6	4.5	Bright
7	4.5	Bright
8	4.5	Bright
9	4.5	Bright
10	4.4	Bright
11	4.4	Bright
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17	4.3	Bright
18	4.3	Bright
19	4.3	Bright
20	4.3	Bright
21	4.3	Bright
22	4.3	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.4	Bright
26	4.4	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.4	Bright
31	4.4	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Tamale

In seasonPeak

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

Tamale's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Tamale sees seasonal dust haze (January–May), heaviest in February.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Tamale?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

7th-best month of the year

4.4

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tamale.

What to pack for Tamale in August

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

In August, Tamale sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Tamale in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Tamale peaks around April 13 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 21 at about 7 (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)	7	9	13	13	12	11	10	12	13	11	8	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	7	Very high
Feb	9	Very high
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	13	Extreme
May	12	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	10	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	13	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Tamale 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 Tamale is worst in December — around 113 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 7.2× the cleanest month (August, 16 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)	104	84	48	38	21	18	16	16	19	29	59	113
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	104	Unhealthy
Feb	84	Unhealthy
Mar	48	Poor
Apr	38	Poor
May	21	Moderate
Jun	18	Moderate
Jul	16	Moderate
Aug	16	Moderate
Sep	19	Moderate
Oct	29	Moderate
Nov	59	Unhealthy
Dec	113	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Tamale?

Tamale sits at 9.4°N, 0.8°W, 196 m above sea level, in Ghana. The nearest listed city is Savelugu, 25 km away.

Topography around Tamale

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tamale has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 57 m around an average of 173 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 106 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 206 m.

The land around Tamale is covered by artificial surfaces (76%) within 3 km, cropland (67%) within 16 km, and cropland (36%), grassland (32%) and shrubs (30%) within 80 km.

3 km

57 m

artificial surfaces 76%

16 km

106 m

cropland 67%

80 km

206 m

cropland 36%

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

August weather nearby: Savelugu 25 km · Yendi 91 km · Salaga 101 km · Damongo 113 km · Bimbila 116 km · Yegyi 132 km · Nalerigu 135 km · Bolgatanga 154 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 Tamale (9.4008°, -0.8393°, elevation 196 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	29	23
2	29	23
3	29	23
4	29	23
5	29	23
6	29	23
7	29	23
8	29	23
9	29	23
10	29	23
11	29	23
12	29	23
13	29	23
14	29	23
15	29	23
16	29	23
17	29	23
18	29	23
19	29	23
20	29	23
21	29	23
22	29	23
23	29	23
24	29	23
25	29	23
26	29	23
27	29	23
28	29	23
29	29	23
30	29	23
31	29	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	16	84
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	78
7	78
8	79
9	79
10	80
11	80
12	81
13	81
14	81
15	82
16	82
17	83
18	83
19	84
20	84
21	85
22	85
23	85
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	87
28	87
29	87
30	87
31	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	16	84
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	78
7	78
8	79
9	79
10	80
11	80
12	81
13	81
14	81
15	82
16	82
17	83
18	83
19	84
20	84
21	85
22	85
23	85
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	87
28	87
29	87
30	87
31	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	16	84
2	16	84
3	16	84
4	16	84
5	16	84
6	15	85
7	15	85
8	15	85
9	14	86
10	14	86
11	14	86
12	13	87
13	13	87
14	13	87
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	11	89
18	10	90
19	10	90
20	10	90
21	10	90
22	11	89
23	11	89
24	11	89
25	12	88
26	12	88
27	13	87
28	13	87
29	13	87
30	14	86
31	14	86

	Rain chance (%)
1	76
2	76
3	77
4	77
5	77
6	78
7	78
8	79
9	79
10	80
11	80
12	81
13	81
14	81
15	82
16	82
17	83
18	83
19	84
20	84
21	85
22	85
23	85
24	86
25	86
26	86
27	87
28	87
29	87
30	87
31	87

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	95	5
2	95	5
3	95	5
4	95	5
5	96	4
6	96	4
7	96	4
8	96	4
9	96	4
10	96	4
11	95	5
12	95	5
13	94	6
14	94	6
15	94	6
16	93	7
17	93	7
18	92	8
19	92	8
20	91	9
21	91	9
22	91	9
23	91	9
24	90	10
25	90	10
26	90	10
27	90	10
28	90	10
29	90	10
30	90	10
31	90	10