Donghol-Sigon weather in August

In August, Donghol-Sigon sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 409 mm of rain across 30 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 27°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Donghol-Sigon's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Donghol-Sigon's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
12th warmest
Overnight low
20°
7th coldest
Rainfall
409 mm
30 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:41 AM – 7:05 PM
Cloud cover
86%
12th clearest
Wind
5 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.48 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Donghol-Sigon is human settlement in Guinea.

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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Donghol-Sigon reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 24°C and 29°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 Donghol-Sigon

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.

Donghol-Sigon 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
Jan31° / 17°10.311.45.8
Feb33° / 18°10.311.64.8
Mar34° / 20°40.811.93.8
Apr35° / 22°112.812.33.2
May33° / 22°9712.512.53.2
Jun29° / 21°24224.512.73.4
Jul27° / 20°37329.112.63.5
Aug27° / 20°4093012.43.4
Sep28° / 20°32928.712.13.3
Oct30° / 19°15320.911.73.9
Nov31° / 18°19311.55.4
Dec31° / 17°20.511.35.8

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 (%)
1793
2793
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Donghol-Sigon gets around 409 mm of rain over 30 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 97% and peaks near 97% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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3197

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 80% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
17723
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Wind in August

Winds average 5 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 5 km/h on the calmest days to 5 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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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 6:39 AM to 6:42 AM, and sunset from 7:11 PM to 6:56 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:397:11
212.56:397:10
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412.56:407:10
512.56:407:09
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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 4.48 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.48 kWh/m² to a high of 6.89 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.48 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Donghol-Sigon

In seasonPeak

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

Donghol-Sigon's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Donghol-Sigon 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 Donghol-Sigon?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
3.5
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Donghol-Sigon.

What to pack for Donghol-Sigon in August

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

In August, Donghol-Sigon sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 30 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Donghol-Sigon in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Donghol-Sigon peaks around March 18 at about 14 (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.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highMar 18UV 14Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Donghol-Sigon 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 Donghol-Sigon is worst in December — around 77 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.9× the cleanest month (August, 13 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyDec 1874 µg/m³Aug 1614 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan57Unhealthy
Feb53Poor
Mar50Poor
Apr77Unhealthy
May47Poor
Jun26Moderate
Jul17Moderate
Aug13Moderate
Sep17Moderate
Oct32Moderate
Nov50Poor
Dec77Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Donghol-Sigon?

Donghol-Sigon sits at 11.8°N, 12.2°W, 940 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Labé, 54 km away.

LabéTouguéKédougouPitaTéliméléKoumbiaKoundaraKamabi

Topography around Donghol-Sigon

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Donghol-Sigon has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 353 m around an average of 885 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 861 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,449 m.

The land around Donghol-Sigon is covered by grassland (57%) and trees (34%) within 3 km, trees (49%) and grassland (45%) within 16 km, and trees (49%) and grassland (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
353 m
16 km
861 m
80 km
1,449 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Labé 54 km · Tougué 72 km · Kédougou 84 km · Pita 85 km · Télimélé 134 km · Koumbia 140 km · Koundara 140 km · Kamabi 147 km

Guinea travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / F / K
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,877
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
29.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 85%Christian 13%none 1%animist 0%

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 Donghol-Sigon (11.8°, -12.2167°, elevation 940 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).