Sassandra weather in August

In August, Sassandra sees average daytime highs of 26°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 80 mm of rain across 17.1 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 9th-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 3% 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 Sassandra's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sassandra's year-round climate.

Daytime high
26°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
1st coldest
Rainfall
80 mm
17.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
6:24 AM – 6:33 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.3
out of 10

Sassandra 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 Sassandra reaches about 26°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 3°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 25°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Sassandra

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.

Sassandra weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 9th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 24°4611.611.75.5
Feb29° / 25°5714.111.84.7
Mar30° / 25°8720.4123.9
Apr30° / 25°10422.412.13.6
May28° / 25°21327.712.23.4
Jun27° / 24°29226.412.33.9
Jul26° / 23°13019.612.35.0
Aug26° / 23°8017.112.25.3
Sep26° / 23°11622.1124.6
Oct27° / 24°1282511.94.3
Nov28° / 24°11424.711.83.9
Dec28° / 25°6917.711.74.9

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 13% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 84%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11684
21684
31684
41684
51684
61585
71585
81684
91684
101684
111684
121684
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Sassandra gets around 80 mm of rain over 17.1 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 55% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
149
249
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449
549
649
749
849
950
1050
1150
1251
1352
1453
1553
1654
1755
1856
1957
2058
2159
2259
2360
2461
2561
2662
2762
2863
2963
3063
3164

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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11783
21783
31783
41684
51684
61684
71585
81486
91486
101387
111288
121189
131189
141090
15991
16892
17892
18793
19694
20694
21595
22496
23496
24397
25397
26298
27298
28298
29199
30199
31199

Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

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
213light breeze
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413light breeze
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913light 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 6:24 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:37 PM to 6:27 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.26:246:37
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312.26:246:37
412.26:246:36
512.26:246:36
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3112.16:216:27

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.28 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.99 kWh/m² to a high of 5.41 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.28 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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254.4Bright
264.4Bright
274.4Bright
284.4Bright
294.4Bright
304.5Bright
314.5Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Sassandra

In seasonPeak

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

Sassandra's rainy season runs May–June, when most of the year's rain falls.

Sassandra sees seasonal dust haze (February), heaviest in February.

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

Is August a good time to visit Sassandra?

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

5.3
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
5.0
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Sassandra for sightseeing.

What to pack for Sassandra in August

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

In August, Sassandra sees daytime highs around 26°C and nights near 23°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 17 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

Sea temperature near Sassandra 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 Sassandra 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 Sassandra peaks around April 10 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near July 16 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highExtremeVery highApr 10UV 13Jul 16UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Extreme
Feb12Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul9Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Sassandra 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 Sassandra is worst in January — around 47 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 5.3× the cleanest month (September, 9 µg/m³).

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

0204060JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecPoorModerateGoodModerateJan 1946 µg/m³Sep 169 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan47Poor
Feb43Poor
Mar26Moderate
Apr25Moderate
May15Moderate
Jun15Moderate
Jul14Moderate
Aug11Good
Sep9Good
Oct11Good
Nov17Moderate
Dec36Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Sassandra?

Sassandra sits at 5.0°N, 6.1°W, 38 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Gaoulou, 11 km away.

BalakouyaNiapidouGnagoGabiadjiTouih

Topography around Sassandra

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sassandra has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 79 m around an average of 10 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 434 m.

The land around Sassandra is covered by water (52%) and trees (27%) within 3 km, water (47%) and trees (43%) within 16 km, and trees (64%) and water (33%) within 80 km.

3 km
79 m
16 km
94 m
80 km
434 m
treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrainwatermangroves
August weather nearby: Gaoulou 11 km · Sahoua 23 km · Lobakuya 32 km · Balakouya 41 km · Niapidou 44 km · Gnago 45 km · Gabiadji 53 km · Touih 60 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 Sassandra (4.9538°, -6.0853°, elevation 38 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).