Bonoua weather in August

In August, Bonoua sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 76 mm of rain across 19.3 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 26°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 12 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bonoua's 9th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bonoua's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
1st coldest
Rainfall
76 mm
19.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:13 AM – 6:24 PM
Cloud cover
79%
9th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
4.25 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.0
out of 10

Bonoua is city of côte d'ivoire.

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 26°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bonoua reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 2°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 27°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Bonoua

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.

Bonoua weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 10th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 25°5815.511.75.0
Feb29° / 26°6917.911.84.2
Mar30° / 26°10723.4123.6
Apr29° / 26°13024.912.13.3
May29° / 25°23028.912.23.1
Jun27° / 25°25727.812.33.6
Jul26° / 24°13622.612.34.5
Aug26° / 24°7619.312.25.0
Sep26° / 24°10421.7124.6
Oct28° / 24°13027.211.93.8
Nov29° / 25°11126.311.83.5
Dec29° / 25°7921.911.74.2

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 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 82%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11783
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bonoua gets around 76 mm of rain over 19.3 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 63% and peaks near 67% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 98% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1397
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3397
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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 12 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 6 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:13 AM to 6:11 AM, and sunset from 6:27 PM to 6:18 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:136:27
212.26:146:27
312.26:146:27
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512.26:146:27
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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 4.25 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.02 kWh/m² to a high of 5.36 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.25 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bonoua

In seasonPeak

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

Bonoua's rainy season runs April–July, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

Rainy season
Dust
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Bonoua?

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

5.0
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.8
Beach & pool
4th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Bonoua for sightseeing.

What to pack for Bonoua in August

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

In August, Bonoua sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 24°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

Sea temperature near Bonoua 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 17 km away) is warmest in April at about 28°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
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul25Warm
Aug24Refreshing
Sep24Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Bonoua in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bonoua peaks around April 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 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 highExtremeVery highApr 12UV 13Jul 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Bonoua 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 Bonoua is worst in January — around 72 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.3× the cleanest month (August, 22 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorJan 1671 µg/m³Aug 2422 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan72Unhealthy
Feb61Unhealthy
Mar42Poor
Apr40Poor
May29Moderate
Jun27Moderate
Jul25Moderate
Aug22Moderate
Sep22Moderate
Oct27Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec61Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bonoua?

Bonoua sits at 5.3°N, 3.6°W, 30 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Grand-Bassam, 17 km away.

KoumassiMarcoryAbidjanAboisso

Topography around Bonoua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bonoua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 96 m around an average of 31 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 297 m.

The land around Bonoua is covered by trees (45%), artificial surfaces (28%) and grassland (23%) within 3 km, trees (70%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and water (34%) within 80 km.

3 km
96 m
16 km
138 m
80 km
297 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaceswaterwetland
August weather nearby: Grand-Bassam 17 km · Ahigbé Koffikro 28 km · Adiaké 32 km · Bingerville 33 km · Koumassi 41 km · Marcory 44 km · Abidjan 46 km · Aboisso 48 km

Ivory Coast travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 37% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$3,050
2025
Happiness
5.1 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
36%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
24.1
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 393

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 Bonoua (5.2725°, -3.5962°, elevation 30 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).