Douako weather in August

In August, Douako sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 298 mm of rain across 27.5 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 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

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 Douako's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Douako's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 6th coldest
Rainfall: 298 mm; 27.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 18 min; 6:35 AM – 6:55 PM
Cloud cover: 86%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.6; out of 10

Douako is human settlement in Guinea.

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 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Douako reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 7°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.

	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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How August really feels in Douako

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

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.

Douako 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	33° / 20°	5	1	11.5	4.5
Feb	35° / 22°	7	1.3	11.7	3.2
Mar	36° / 24°	31	5.5	11.9	2.5
Apr	34° / 24°	75	11.7	12.2	2.8
May	32° / 23°	162	20.3	12.4	3.1
Jun	30° / 22°	221	24.7	12.6	3.2
Jul	28° / 22°	264	26.9	12.5	3.4
Aug	28° / 21°	298	27.5	12.3	3.6
Sep	29° / 21°	305	27.2	12.1	3.1
Oct	30° / 21°	257	26.6	11.8	3.1
Nov	31° / 20°	61	8.1	11.6	4.6
Dec	32° / 19°	4	0.9	11.4	5.0

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 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 95%.

	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 (%)	5	5	5	5	5	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	8	8	9	9
Cloudier (%)	95	95	95	95	95	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	96	95	95	95	94	94	94	92	92	91	91

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

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Douako gets around 298 mm of rain over 27.5 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 88% and peaks near 91% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	85	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	87	87	87	87	87	87	88	88	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	91	91	91	91	91	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	85
5	86
6	86
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	87
17	88
18	88
19	89
20	89
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

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 61% 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
Muggy (%)	69	68	68	68	67	67	66	66	65	65	64	63	63	62	61	61	60	59	59	58	57	57	56	55	55	55	54	54	54	53	53
Oppressive (%)	31	32	32	32	33	33	34	34	35	35	36	37	37	38	39	39	40	41	41	42	43	43	44	45	45	45	46	46	46	47	47

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	62	38
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	53	47

Wind in August

Winds average 9 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	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
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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 6:34 AM to 6:35 AM, and sunset from 7:00 PM to 6:47 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	12.4	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	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:34	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35	6:35
Sunset (PM)	7:00	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:59	6:58	6:58	6:58	6:57	6:57	6:57	6:56	6:56	6:55	6:55	6:55	6:54	6:54	6:53	6:53	6:52	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.4	6:34	7:00
2	12.4	6:34	6:59
3	12.4	6:34	6:59
4	12.4	6:34	6:59
5	12.4	6:34	6:59
6	12.4	6:34	6:58
7	12.4	6:35	6:58
8	12.4	6:35	6:58
9	12.4	6:35	6:57
10	12.4	6:35	6:57
11	12.4	6:35	6:57
12	12.4	6:35	6:56
13	12.3	6:35	6:56
14	12.3	6:35	6:55
15	12.3	6:35	6:55
16	12.3	6:35	6:55
17	12.3	6:35	6:54
18	12.3	6:35	6:54
19	12.3	6:35	6:53
20	12.3	6:35	6:53
21	12.3	6:35	6:52
22	12.3	6:35	6:52
23	12.3	6:35	6:51
24	12.3	6:35	6:51
25	12.2	6:35	6:50
26	12.2	6:35	6:50
27	12.2	6:35	6:49
28	12.2	6:35	6:48
29	12.2	6:35	6:48
30	12.2	6:35	6:47
31	12.2	6:35	6:47

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4 kWh/m² to a high of 6.33 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 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)	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.0	Moderate
2	4.0	Moderate
3	4.0	Moderate
4	4.0	Moderate
5	4.0	Moderate
6	4.0	Moderate
7	4.0	Moderate
8	4.0	Moderate
9	4.0	Moderate
10	4.0	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	3.9	Moderate
13	3.9	Moderate
14	3.9	Moderate
15	3.9	Moderate
16	3.9	Moderate
17	4.0	Moderate
18	4.0	Moderate
19	4.0	Moderate
20	4.0	Moderate
21	4.0	Bright
22	4.0	Bright
23	4.0	Bright
24	4.1	Bright
25	4.1	Bright
26	4.1	Bright
27	4.1	Bright
28	4.2	Bright
29	4.2	Bright
30	4.2	Bright
31	4.2	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Douako

In seasonPeak

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

Douako's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Douako?

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

3.6

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.0

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Douako.

What to pack for Douako in August

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

In August, Douako sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 28 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Douako 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 Douako peaks around August 22 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 8 (very 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)	10	12	13	11	13	12	12	13	13	12	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Douako 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 Douako is worst in February — around 107 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 12.2× the cleanest month (August, 9 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	107	106	75	25	19	11	9	11	19	23	41
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	104	Unhealthy
Feb	107	Unhealthy
Mar	106	Unhealthy
Apr	75	Unhealthy
May	25	Moderate
Jun	19	Moderate
Jul	11	Good
Aug	9	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	19	Moderate
Nov	23	Moderate
Dec	41	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Douako?

Douako sits at 9.7°N, 10.2°W, 491 m above sea level, in Guinea. The nearest listed city is Albadéria, 22 km away.

Topography around Douako

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Douako has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 134 m around an average of 502 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 297 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 584 m.

The land around Douako is covered by trees (45%), shrubs (33%) and grassland (20%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and shrubs (35%) within 16 km, and trees (69%) within 80 km.

3 km

134 m

trees 45%

16 km

297 m

trees 47%

80 km

584 m

trees 69%

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

August weather nearby: Albadéria 22 km · Kissidougou 62 km · Faranah 70 km · Yende Millimou 94 km · Kouroussa 107 km · Kankan 120 km · Banko 124 km · Gueckedou 130 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

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 Douako (9.7333°, -10.1833°, elevation 491 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	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	21
30	28	21
31	28	21

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	85
5	86
6	86
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	87
17	88
18	88
19	89
20	89
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	62	38
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	53	47

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	85
5	86
6	86
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	87
17	88
18	88
19	89
20	89
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	62	38
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	53	47

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

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

	Rain chance (%)
1	85
2	85
3	85
4	85
5	86
6	86
7	86
8	86
9	86
10	86
11	87
12	87
13	87
14	87
15	87
16	87
17	88
18	88
19	89
20	89
21	90
22	90
23	90
24	91
25	91
26	91
27	91
28	91
29	91
30	91
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	69	31
2	68	32
3	68	32
4	68	32
5	67	33
6	67	33
7	66	34
8	66	34
9	65	35
10	65	35
11	64	36
12	63	37
13	63	37
14	62	38
15	61	39
16	61	39
17	60	40
18	59	41
19	59	41
20	58	42
21	57	43
22	57	43
23	56	44
24	55	45
25	55	45
26	55	45
27	54	46
28	54	46
29	54	46
30	53	47
31	53	47