Zou weather in August

In August, Zou sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 185 mm of rain across 25 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 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 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 Zou's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zou's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 185 mm; 25 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:28 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 84%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.6 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

Zou is town and sub-prefecture in Montagnes, Ivory Coast.

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 Zou reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 29°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)	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	28	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
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10	28	22
11	28	22
12	28	22
13	28	22
14	28	22
15	28	22
16	28	22
17	28	22
18	28	22
19	28	22
20	28	22
21	28	22
22	28	22
23	28	22
24	28	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	22
28	28	22
29	28	22
30	28	22
31	28	22

How August really feels in Zou

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.

Zou 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	32° / 21°	16	4	11.6	4.4
Feb	33° / 23°	41	7.4	11.8	3.4
Mar	33° / 23°	83	15.5	12	3.1
Apr	32° / 23°	97	17.9	12.1	3.1
May	31° / 23°	137	21.7	12.3	3.1
Jun	29° / 22°	145	23.8	12.4	3.4
Jul	28° / 22°	131	23.4	12.4	4.0
Aug	28° / 22°	185	25	12.2	3.9
Sep	29° / 22°	209	26.8	12	3.2
Oct	30° / 22°	129	23.6	11.8	3.5
Nov	30° / 22°	49	13.3	11.7	4.4
Dec	31° / 21°	16	4.3	11.6	5.3

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 7% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

	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	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	7	8	8	8	9	9	9	10	10	10	11	11
Cloudier (%)	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	95	94	94	94	93	93	92	92	92	91	91	91	90	90	90	89	89

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	11	89
31	11	89

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Zou gets around 185 mm of rain over 25 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 80% and peaks near 89% 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 (%)	71	71	72	72	73	73	74	74	75	75	76	76	77	78	79	80	81	82	83	83	84	85	86	86	87	87	88	88	88	89	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	72
5	73
6	73
7	74
8	74
9	75
10	75
11	76
12	76
13	77
14	78
15	79
16	80
17	81
18	82
19	83
20	83
21	84
22	85
23	86
24	86
25	87
26	87
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	89
31	89

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 75% 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 (%)	36	36	36	36	36	35	35	34	34	33	32	32	31	29	28	27	25	24	22	21	19	18	16	15	13	12	11	10	9	8	8
Oppressive (%)	64	64	64	64	64	65	65	66	66	67	68	68	69	71	72	73	75	76	78	79	81	82	84	85	87	88	89	90	91	92	92

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	27	73
17	25	75
18	24	76
19	22	78
20	21	79
21	19	81
22	18	82
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	13	87
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	10	90
29	9	91
30	8	92
31	8	92

Wind in August

Winds average 8 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 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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1	8	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 6:28 AM to 6:27 AM, and sunset from 6:46 PM to 6:35 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	12.2	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	12.2	12.2	12.1	12.1
Sunrise (AM)	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:28	6:27	6:27	6:27	6:27
Sunset (PM)	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:28	6:46
2	12.3	6:28	6:46
3	12.3	6:28	6:46
4	12.3	6:28	6:46
5	12.3	6:28	6:46
6	12.3	6:28	6:45
7	12.3	6:28	6:45
8	12.3	6:28	6:45
9	12.3	6:28	6:45
10	12.3	6:28	6:44
11	12.3	6:28	6:44
12	12.3	6:28	6:44
13	12.2	6:28	6:43
14	12.2	6:28	6:43
15	12.2	6:28	6:43
16	12.2	6:28	6:42
17	12.2	6:28	6:42
18	12.2	6:28	6:41
19	12.2	6:28	6:41
20	12.2	6:28	6:41
21	12.2	6:28	6:40
22	12.2	6:28	6:40
23	12.2	6:28	6:39
24	12.2	6:28	6:39
25	12.2	6:28	6:38
26	12.2	6:28	6:38
27	12.2	6:28	6:37
28	12.2	6:27	6:37
29	12.2	6:27	6:36
30	12.1	6:27	6:36
31	12.1	6:27	6:35

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.6 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.6 kWh/m² to a high of 5.27 kWh/m² in January across the year — August's 3.6 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)	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.5	Moderate
2	3.5	Moderate
3	3.5	Moderate
4	3.5	Moderate
5	3.5	Moderate
6	3.5	Moderate
7	3.5	Moderate
8	3.5	Moderate
9	3.5	Moderate
10	3.5	Moderate
11	3.5	Moderate
12	3.5	Moderate
13	3.5	Moderate
14	3.5	Moderate
15	3.5	Moderate
16	3.5	Moderate
17	3.6	Moderate
18	3.6	Moderate
19	3.6	Moderate
20	3.6	Moderate
21	3.6	Moderate
22	3.6	Moderate
23	3.7	Moderate
24	3.7	Moderate
25	3.7	Moderate
26	3.8	Moderate
27	3.8	Moderate
28	3.8	Moderate
29	3.8	Moderate
30	3.9	Moderate
31	3.9	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Zou

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Rainy season

Dust

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Oct

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Is August a good time to visit Zou?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zou.

What to pack for Zou in August

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

In August, Zou sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 25 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Zou 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 Zou peaks around April 12 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 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.

	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 Zou 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 Zou is worst in February — around 51 µg/m³ PM2.5 (poor), about 4.8× the cleanest month (September, 11 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)	49	51	33	34	19	16	14	11	11	15	22	42
Level	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	49	Poor
Feb	51	Poor
Mar	33	Moderate
Apr	34	Moderate
May	19	Moderate
Jun	16	Moderate
Jul	14	Moderate
Aug	11	Good
Sep	11	Good
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	22	Moderate
Dec	42	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Zou?

Zou sits at 7.0°N, 7.8°W, 288 m above sea level, in Ivory Coast. The nearest listed city is Kahin, 20 km away.

Topography around Zou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 91 m around an average of 284 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 484 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,158 m.

The land around Zou is covered by trees (83%) within 3 km, trees (91%) within 16 km, and trees (94%) within 80 km.

3 km

91 m

trees 83%

16 km

484 m

trees 91%

80 km

1,158 m

trees 94%

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

August weather nearby: Kahin 20 km · Logoualé 31 km · Mahapleu 31 km · Diourouzon 32 km · Bangolo 35 km · Gohouo 40 km · Diéhiba 43 km · Zouan-Hounien 46 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 Zou (6.9765°, -7.7983°, elevation 288 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	22
2	28	22
3	28	22
4	28	22
5	28	22
6	28	22
7	28	22
8	28	22
9	28	22
10	28	22
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21	28	22
22	28	22
23	28	22
24	28	22
25	28	22
26	28	22
27	28	22
28	28	22
29	28	22
30	28	22
31	28	22

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	72
5	73
6	73
7	74
8	74
9	75
10	75
11	76
12	76
13	77
14	78
15	79
16	80
17	81
18	82
19	83
20	83
21	84
22	85
23	86
24	86
25	87
26	87
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	89
31	89

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	27	73
17	25	75
18	24	76
19	22	78
20	21	79
21	19	81
22	18	82
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	13	87
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	10	90
29	9	91
30	8	92
31	8	92

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	72
5	73
6	73
7	74
8	74
9	75
10	75
11	76
12	76
13	77
14	78
15	79
16	80
17	81
18	82
19	83
20	83
21	84
22	85
23	86
24	86
25	87
26	87
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	89
31	89

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	27	73
17	25	75
18	24	76
19	22	78
20	21	79
21	19	81
22	18	82
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	13	87
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	10	90
29	9	91
30	8	92
31	8	92

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	5	95
2	5	95
3	5	95
4	5	95
5	5	95
6	5	95
7	5	95
8	5	95
9	5	95
10	5	95
11	5	95
12	5	95
13	5	95
14	5	95
15	5	95
16	6	94
17	6	94
18	6	94
19	7	93
20	7	93
21	8	92
22	8	92
23	8	92
24	9	91
25	9	91
26	9	91
27	10	90
28	10	90
29	10	90
30	11	89
31	11	89

	Rain chance (%)
1	71
2	71
3	72
4	72
5	73
6	73
7	74
8	74
9	75
10	75
11	76
12	76
13	77
14	78
15	79
16	80
17	81
18	82
19	83
20	83
21	84
22	85
23	86
24	86
25	87
26	87
27	88
28	88
29	88
30	89
31	89

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	36	64
2	36	64
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	36	64
6	35	65
7	35	65
8	34	66
9	34	66
10	33	67
11	32	68
12	32	68
13	31	69
14	29	71
15	28	72
16	27	73
17	25	75
18	24	76
19	22	78
20	21	79
21	19	81
22	18	82
23	16	84
24	15	85
25	13	87
26	12	88
27	11	89
28	10	90
29	9	91
30	8	92
31	8	92