Grand-Lahou weather in August

In August, Grand-Lahou sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 86 mm of rain across 19.1 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 12th-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 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 Grand-Lahou's 10th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Grand-Lahou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
27°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
86 mm
19.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:19 AM – 6:29 PM
Cloud cover
81%
10th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
3.83 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.9
out of 10

Grand-Lahou 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 27°C through the month.

A typical August day in Grand-Lahou reaches about 27°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 4°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 28°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Grand-Lahou

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.

Grand-Lahou weather by month

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

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 24°931911.74.1
Feb31° / 25°11620.211.83.4
Mar31° / 25°16625.1123.0
Apr31° / 25°18326.212.12.8
May30° / 25°27929.112.22.8
Jun28° / 24°30227.612.33.4
Jul27° / 24°14323.112.34.4
Aug27° / 23°8619.112.24.9
Sep28° / 24°13224.1124.1
Oct29° / 24°18428.611.93.2
Nov30° / 24°18928.611.82.9
Dec30° / 24°13924.711.73.5

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

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11189
21288
31387
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51387
61387
71387
81486
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101486
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Grand-Lahou gets around 86 mm of rain over 19.1 wet days in August, the driest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 62% and peaks near 70% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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258
357
457
556
656
756
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1057
1158
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1460
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1763
1863
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2065
2166
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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 (%)Miserable (%)
12980
22980
32980
42980
52980
62980
72980
82980
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Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
111calm
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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 6:19 AM to 6:17 AM, and sunset from 6:33 PM to 6:23 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:196:33
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412.26:196:32
512.26:196:32
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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 3.83 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.73 kWh/m² to a high of 5.24 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 3.83 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.8Moderate
23.8Moderate
33.8Moderate
43.8Moderate
53.8Moderate
63.8Moderate
73.8Moderate
83.8Moderate
93.8Moderate
103.8Moderate
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213.9Moderate
223.9Moderate
233.9Moderate
243.9Moderate
253.9Moderate
263.9Moderate
274.0Moderate
284.0Moderate
294.0Moderate
304.0Bright
314.0Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Grand-Lahou

In seasonPeak

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

Grand-Lahou sees seasonal dust haze (February), heaviest in February.

Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Grand-Lahou?

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

4.9
Sightseeing
1st-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
2nd-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Grand-Lahou for sightseeing.

What to pack for Grand-Lahou in August

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

In August, Grand-Lahou sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 23°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 19 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

Sea temperature near Grand-Lahou 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 offshore is warmest in May 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
Feb27Warm
Mar28Warm
Apr28Tropical
May28Tropical
Jun27Warm
Jul25Warm
Aug24Refreshing
Sep24Warm
Oct26Warm
Nov28Tropical
Dec28Tropical

UV index in Grand-Lahou 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 Grand-Lahou peaks around March 24 at about 14 (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 highMar 24UV 14Jul 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul8Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Grand-Lahou 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 Grand-Lahou is worst in January — around 50 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.8× the cleanest month (September, 9 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodModerateJan 1849 µg/m³Sep 189 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan50Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar25Moderate
Apr24Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep9Good
Oct10Good
Nov16Moderate
Dec37Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Grand-Lahou?

Grand-Lahou sits at 5.1°N, 5.0°W, 72 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Ahouanou, 45 km away.

AhouanouGbabamDabouOkromodouGbolouvilleNdouciOgoudouDivo

Topography around Grand-Lahou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Grand-Lahou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 20 m around an average of 3 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 92 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 289 m.

The land around Grand-Lahou is covered by water (61%) and trees (22%) within 3 km, water (57%) and trees (34%) within 16 km, and trees (59%) and water (37%) within 80 km.

3 km
20 m
16 km
92 m
80 km
289 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetlandmangroves
August weather nearby: Ahouanou 45 km · Gbabam 72 km · Dabou 74 km · Okromodou 76 km · Gbolouville 83 km · Ndouci 86 km · Ogoudou 86 km · Divo 86 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 Grand-Lahou (5.1383°, -5.0212°, elevation 72 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).