Bafatá weather in August

In August, Bafatá sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 351 mm of rain across 28.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-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 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bafatá's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bafatá's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
8th coldest
Rainfall
351 mm
28.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:51 AM – 7:15 PM
Cloud cover
86%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.12 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Bafatá is town in Guinea-Bissau.

Density
40/km²
people per km²
Founded
1860

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 Bafatá reaches about 30°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°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 about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Bafatá

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.

Bafatá 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan34° / 19°00.111.43.9
Feb36° / 21°10.111.62.5
Mar38° / 23°0011.91.3
Apr39° / 24°0012.30.9
May38° / 25°81.612.61.3
Jun35° / 25°7811.212.72.5
Jul31° / 24°27525.312.62.7
Aug30° / 24°35128.312.42.7
Sep31° / 24°26425.212.12.6
Oct33° / 24°10416.311.73.1
Nov34° / 22°132.511.43.8
Dec34° / 19°10.311.34.0

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 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1694
2694
3793
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5793
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bafatá gets around 351 mm of rain over 28.3 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 91% and peaks near 92% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
188
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 53% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
14852
24753
34753
44654
54654
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114456
124456
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144555
154654
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184753
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Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 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 30 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 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:48 AM to 6:51 AM, and sunset from 7:21 PM to 7:06 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:487:21
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512.56:497:20
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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 4.12 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.12 kWh/m² to a high of 7.05 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.12 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 Bafatá

In seasonPeak

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

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

Bafatá sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in June.

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

Is August a good time to visit Bafatá?

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

2.7
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
3.8
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bafatá.

What to pack for Bafatá in August

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

In August, Bafatá sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Bafatá in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bafatá peaks around August 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 highAug 18UV 13Dec 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Bafatá 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 Bafatá is worst in February — around 81 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.5× the cleanest month (August, 15 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 1980 µg/m³Aug 2115 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan56Unhealthy
Feb81Unhealthy
Mar74Unhealthy
Apr49Poor
May53Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul21Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov41Poor
Dec52Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Bafatá?

Bafatá sits at 12.2°N, 14.7°W, 20 m above sea level, in Guinea-Bissau. The nearest listed city is Gabú, 49 km away.

GabúXitoleReino de AntulaSanta-LuziaLuandaBissau

Topography around Bafatá

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bafatá has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 20 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 230 m.

The land around Bafatá is covered by trees (38%) and cropland (26%) within 3 km, trees (69%) within 16 km, and trees (75%) within 80 km.

3 km
50 m
16 km
71 m
80 km
230 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Gabú 49 km · Xitole 51 km · Kolda 86 km · Diaoubé 99 km · Reino de Antula 104 km · Santa-Luzia 106 km · Luanda 107 km · Bissau 107 km

Guinea-Bissau travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,124
2025
Safe drinking water
24%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
1.1
per 100k, 2017
Road deaths
32.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 46%folk religions 31%Christian 19%other or unaffiliated 4%

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 Bafatá (12.1658°, -14.6617°, elevation 20 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).