Vavoua weather in August

In August, Vavoua sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 141 mm of rain across 20.5 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Vavoua's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Vavoua's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 29°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 3rd coldest
Rainfall: 141 mm; 20.5 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:23 AM – 6:37 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.95 kWh/m²
Travel score: 4.1; out of 10

Vavoua is city of côte d'ivoire.

Density: 14/km²; people per km²

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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Vavoua reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 31°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)	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29	29
Avg low (°C)	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22

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

How August really feels in Vavoua

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 7 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

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Vavoua 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	34° / 21°	15	2.6	11.6	3.7
Feb	35° / 23°	34	5.9	11.8	2.7
Mar	34° / 24°	78	13.4	11.9	2.6
Apr	33° / 24°	91	15.3	12.2	2.8
May	32° / 23°	97	16.6	12.3	3.1
Jun	31° / 23°	98	17.3	12.4	3.7
Jul	29° / 22°	98	18.4	12.4	4.2
Aug	29° / 22°	141	20.5	12.2	4.1
Sep	30° / 22°	173	23.7	12	3.4
Oct	31° / 22°	100	18	11.8	3.8
Nov	32° / 22°	38	8.9	11.7	4.3
Dec	33° / 21°	11	2.8	11.6	4.5

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 8% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

	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 (%)	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	7	7	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	9	10	10	11	12	13	14	14	15
Cloudier (%)	92	92	92	92	92	92	93	93	93	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	92	92	91	90	90	89	88	87	86	86	85

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	15	85

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Vavoua gets around 141 mm of rain over 20.5 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 66% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

	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 (%)	56	56	57	57	57	58	58	59	59	60	61	62	62	63	64	65	67	68	69	70	71	72	73	73	74	75	75	76	76	77	77

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	57
4	57
5	57
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	62
14	63
15	64
16	65
17	67
18	68
19	69
20	70
21	71
22	72
23	73
24	73
25	74
26	75
27	75
28	76
29	76
30	77
31	77

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 80% 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 (%)	32	32	32	32	31	31	30	30	29	28	28	27	26	24	23	22	20	19	17	16	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	7	7	6	6
Oppressive (%)	68	68	68	68	69	69	70	70	71	72	72	73	74	76	77	78	80	81	83	84	85	87	88	89	90	91	92	93	93	94	94

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	24	76
15	23	77
16	22	78
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	17	83
20	16	84
21	15	85
22	13	87
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	9	91
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	6	94
31	6	94

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

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	9	9	9	9	9	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 18 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:21 AM, and sunset from 6:42 PM to 6:30 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)	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.2	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:23	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:22	6:21
Sunset (PM)	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:31	6:31	6:30

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:22	6:42
2	12.3	6:22	6:42
3	12.3	6:22	6:41
4	12.3	6:22	6:41
5	12.3	6:22	6:41
6	12.3	6:23	6:41
7	12.3	6:23	6:40
8	12.3	6:23	6:40
9	12.3	6:23	6:40
10	12.3	6:23	6:39
11	12.3	6:23	6:39
12	12.3	6:23	6:39
13	12.3	6:23	6:38
14	12.3	6:23	6:38
15	12.3	6:23	6:38
16	12.2	6:23	6:37
17	12.2	6:23	6:37
18	12.2	6:23	6:37
19	12.2	6:23	6:36
20	12.2	6:23	6:36
21	12.2	6:22	6:35
22	12.2	6:22	6:35
23	12.2	6:22	6:34
24	12.2	6:22	6:34
25	12.2	6:22	6:33
26	12.2	6:22	6:33
27	12.2	6:22	6:32
28	12.2	6:22	6:32
29	12.2	6:22	6:31
30	12.2	6:22	6:31
31	12.1	6:21	6:30

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.95 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.95 kWh/m² to a high of 5.66 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 3.95 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)	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9	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	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.9	Moderate
2	3.9	Moderate
3	3.9	Moderate
4	3.9	Moderate
5	3.9	Moderate
6	3.9	Moderate
7	3.9	Moderate
8	3.9	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	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	3.9	Moderate
18	3.9	Moderate
19	3.9	Moderate
20	4.0	Moderate
21	4.0	Moderate
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 Vavoua

In seasonPeak

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

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

Vavoua sees seasonal dust haze (April), heaviest in April.

Rainy season

Dust

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Is August a good time to visit Vavoua?

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

4.1

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

5.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Vavoua for sightseeing.

What to pack for Vavoua in August

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

In August, Vavoua sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Vavoua in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Vavoua peaks around April 14 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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	13	12	11	9	12	13	12	10	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Vavoua 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 Vavoua is worst in February — around 59 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.8× the cleanest month (August, 12 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)	58	59	33	35	21	17	15	12	13	18	25	47
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	58	Unhealthy
Feb	59	Unhealthy
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	35	Poor
May	21	Moderate
Jun	17	Moderate
Jul	15	Moderate
Aug	12	Moderate
Sep	13	Moderate
Oct	18	Moderate
Nov	25	Moderate
Dec	47	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Vavoua?

Vavoua sits at 7.4°N, 6.5°W, 276 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Baoutifla, 16 km away.

Topography around Vavoua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Vavoua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 53 m around an average of 268 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 137 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 596 m.

The land around Vavoua is covered by grassland (37%), trees (30%) and artificial surfaces (25%) within 3 km, trees (70%) and grassland (23%) within 16 km, and trees (72%) within 80 km.

3 km

53 m

grassland 37%

16 km

137 m

trees 70%

80 km

596 m

trees 72%

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

August weather nearby: Baoutifla 16 km · Bonoufla 28 km · Bédiala 31 km · Vrouo 36 km · Mignouré 36 km · Pélézi 39 km · Luénoufla 43 km · Zuénoula 47 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 Vavoua (7.3819°, -6.4778°, elevation 276 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	29	22
2	29	22
3	29	22
4	29	22
5	29	22
6	29	22
7	29	22
8	29	22
9	29	22
10	29	22
11	29	22
12	29	22
13	29	22
14	29	22
15	29	22
16	29	22
17	29	22
18	29	22
19	29	22
20	29	22
21	29	22
22	29	22
23	29	22
24	29	22
25	29	22
26	29	22
27	29	22
28	29	22
29	29	22
30	29	22
31	29	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	57
4	57
5	57
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	62
14	63
15	64
16	65
17	67
18	68
19	69
20	70
21	71
22	72
23	73
24	73
25	74
26	75
27	75
28	76
29	76
30	77
31	77

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	24	76
15	23	77
16	22	78
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	17	83
20	16	84
21	15	85
22	13	87
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	9	91
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	6	94
31	6	94

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	57
4	57
5	57
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	62
14	63
15	64
16	65
17	67
18	68
19	69
20	70
21	71
22	72
23	73
24	73
25	74
26	75
27	75
28	76
29	76
30	77
31	77

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	24	76
15	23	77
16	22	78
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	17	83
20	16	84
21	15	85
22	13	87
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	9	91
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	6	94
31	6	94

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	8	92
2	8	92
3	8	92
4	8	92
5	8	92
6	8	92
7	7	93
8	7	93
9	7	93
10	7	93
11	7	93
12	6	94
13	6	94
14	6	94
15	6	94
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	9	91
24	10	90
25	10	90
26	11	89
27	12	88
28	13	87
29	14	86
30	14	86
31	15	85

	Rain chance (%)
1	56
2	56
3	57
4	57
5	57
6	58
7	58
8	59
9	59
10	60
11	61
12	62
13	62
14	63
15	64
16	65
17	67
18	68
19	69
20	70
21	71
22	72
23	73
24	73
25	74
26	75
27	75
28	76
29	76
30	77
31	77

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	32	68
2	32	68
3	32	68
4	32	68
5	31	69
6	31	69
7	30	70
8	30	70
9	29	71
10	28	72
11	28	72
12	27	73
13	26	74
14	24	76
15	23	77
16	22	78
17	20	80
18	19	81
19	17	83
20	16	84
21	15	85
22	13	87
23	12	88
24	11	89
25	10	90
26	9	91
27	8	92
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	6	94
31	6	94