Ganta weather in August

In August, Ganta sees average daytime highs of 27°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 240 mm of rain across 26.1 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 27°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 Ganta's 12th-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Ganta's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 27°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 22°; 4th coldest
Rainfall: 240 mm; 26.1 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 12 min; 6:33 AM – 6:47 PM
Cloud cover: 87%; 12th clearest
Wind: 8 km/h; 1st windiest
Solar energy: 3.42 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

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

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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 Ganta reaches about 27°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 25°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)	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	27	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	27	22
2	27	22
3	27	22
4	27	22
5	27	22
6	27	22
7	27	22
8	27	22
9	27	22
10	27	22
11	27	22
12	27	22
13	27	22
14	27	22
15	27	22
16	27	22
17	27	22
18	27	22
19	27	22
20	27	22
21	27	22
22	27	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 Ganta

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.

Ganta 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	4.9
Feb	33° / 23°	36	5.9	11.8	3.9
Mar	32° / 23°	83	14.5	12	3.4
Apr	31° / 23°	109	18.1	12.2	3.3
May	30° / 23°	158	23.7	12.3	3.2
Jun	29° / 22°	193	25.7	12.4	3.4
Jul	28° / 22°	178	25.2	12.4	4.0
Aug	27° / 22°	240	26.1	12.2	3.9
Sep	28° / 22°	274	27.8	12	3.3
Oct	29° / 22°	156	26.9	11.8	3.3
Nov	30° / 22°	68	16.9	11.7	4.3
Dec	30° / 21°	20	5	11.6	5.6

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 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

	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 (%)	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	4	4	5	5	6	6	7	7
Cloudier (%)	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	97	96	96	96	95	95	94	94	93	93

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	7	93
31	7	93

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Ganta gets around 240 mm of rain over 26.1 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 84% and peaks near 91% 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 (%)	80	80	80	81	81	81	81	81	82	82	82	82	82	82	83	83	83	84	85	85	86	86	87	87	88	89	89	89	90	90	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	80
3	80
4	81
5	81
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	84
19	85
20	85
21	86
22	86
23	87
24	87
25	88
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	90
30	90
31	91

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 71% 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 (%)	41	41	40	40	39	39	38	38	37	37	36	35	34	34	33	31	30	29	27	26	24	22	21	19	17	16	15	13	12	12	11
Oppressive (%)	59	59	60	60	61	61	62	62	63	63	64	65	66	66	67	69	70	71	73	74	76	78	79	81	83	84	85	87	88	88	89

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	33	67
16	31	69
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	27	73
20	26	74
21	24	76
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	19	81
25	17	83
26	16	84
27	15	85
28	13	87
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	11	89

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August, the windiest month of the year.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 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)	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	7	7	7	7	7	7
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	8	calm
2	8	calm
3	8	calm
4	8	calm
5	8	calm
6	8	calm
7	8	calm
8	8	calm
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10	8	calm
11	8	calm
12	8	calm
13	8	calm
14	8	calm
15	8	calm
16	8	calm
17	8	calm
18	8	calm
19	8	calm
20	8	calm
21	8	calm
22	8	calm
23	8	calm
24	8	calm
25	8	calm
26	7	calm
27	7	calm
28	7	calm
29	7	calm
30	7	calm
31	7	calm

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 6:32 AM to 6:32 AM, and sunset from 6:52 PM to 6:40 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	12.2	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
Sunrise (AM)	6:32	6:32	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:33	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32	6:32
Sunset (PM)	6:52	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.3	6:32	6:52
2	12.3	6:32	6:51
3	12.3	6:33	6:51
4	12.3	6:33	6:51
5	12.3	6:33	6:51
6	12.3	6:33	6:50
7	12.3	6:33	6:50
8	12.3	6:33	6:50
9	12.3	6:33	6:50
10	12.3	6:33	6:49
11	12.3	6:33	6:49
12	12.3	6:33	6:49
13	12.3	6:33	6:48
14	12.3	6:33	6:48
15	12.2	6:33	6:48
16	12.2	6:33	6:47
17	12.2	6:33	6:47
18	12.2	6:33	6:46
19	12.2	6:33	6:46
20	12.2	6:33	6:46
21	12.2	6:33	6:45
22	12.2	6:33	6:45
23	12.2	6:32	6:44
24	12.2	6:32	6:44
25	12.2	6:32	6:43
26	12.2	6:32	6:43
27	12.2	6:32	6:42
28	12.2	6:32	6:42
29	12.2	6:32	6:41
30	12.2	6:32	6:41
31	12.1	6:32	6:40

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 3.42 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.42 kWh/m² to a high of 5.14 kWh/m² in February across the year — August's 3.42 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)	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.3	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.4	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7
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	3.3	Moderate
2	3.3	Moderate
3	3.3	Moderate
4	3.3	Moderate
5	3.3	Moderate
6	3.3	Moderate
7	3.3	Moderate
8	3.3	Moderate
9	3.3	Moderate
10	3.3	Moderate
11	3.3	Moderate
12	3.3	Moderate
13	3.3	Moderate
14	3.3	Moderate
15	3.4	Moderate
16	3.4	Moderate
17	3.4	Moderate
18	3.4	Moderate
19	3.4	Moderate
20	3.5	Moderate
21	3.5	Moderate
22	3.5	Moderate
23	3.5	Moderate
24	3.5	Moderate
25	3.6	Moderate
26	3.6	Moderate
27	3.6	Moderate
28	3.6	Moderate
29	3.7	Moderate
30	3.7	Moderate
31	3.7	Moderate

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Ganta

In seasonPeak

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

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

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

Rainy season

Dust

Jan

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

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Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Ganta?

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

4.0

Beach & pool

11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Ganta.

What to pack for Ganta in August

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

In August, Ganta sees daytime highs around 27°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Ganta 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 Ganta peaks around March 18 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	12	12	11	11	12	13	12	10	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

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

Air quality in Ganta 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 Ganta is worst in March — around 88 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 9.7× the cleanest month (August, 9 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)	55	79	88	56	24	15	12	9	9	15	21	41
Level	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Moderate	Moderate	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	55	Poor
Feb	79	Unhealthy
Mar	88	Unhealthy
Apr	56	Unhealthy
May	24	Moderate
Jun	15	Moderate
Jul	12	Good
Aug	9	Good
Sep	9	Good
Oct	15	Moderate
Nov	21	Moderate
Dec	41	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Ganta?

Ganta sits at 7.2°N, 9.0°W, 282 m above sea level, in Liberia. The nearest listed city is Sanniquellie, 33 km away.

Topography around Ganta

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Ganta has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 94 m around an average of 281 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 453 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,541 m.

The land around Ganta is covered by trees (48%), artificial surfaces (26%) and grassland (21%) within 3 km, trees (90%) within 16 km, and trees (96%) within 80 km.

3 km

94 m

trees 48%

16 km

453 m

trees 90%

80 km

1,541 m

trees 96%

treesshrubsgrasslandartificial surfaces

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

August weather nearby: Sanniquellie 33 km · Saclepea 34 km · Gbarnga 60 km · Nzérékoré 61 km · New Yekepa 62 km · Lola 80 km · Danané 92 km · Zouan-Hounien 93 km

Liberia travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type A / B; 120 V · 60 Hz
Prices: ≈ 0% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $915; 2025
Happiness: 4.3 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate: 3.1; per 100k, 2012
Road deaths: 38.9; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
Religion

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 Ganta (7.235°, -8.9844°, elevation 282 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	27	22
2	27	22
3	27	22
4	27	22
5	27	22
6	27	22
7	27	22
8	27	22
9	27	22
10	27	22
11	27	22
12	27	22
13	27	22
14	27	22
15	27	22
16	27	22
17	27	22
18	27	22
19	27	22
20	27	22
21	27	22
22	27	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	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	80
3	80
4	81
5	81
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	84
19	85
20	85
21	86
22	86
23	87
24	87
25	88
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	90
30	90
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	33	67
16	31	69
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	27	73
20	26	74
21	24	76
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	19	81
25	17	83
26	16	84
27	15	85
28	13	87
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	22
2	27	22
3	27	22
4	27	22
5	27	22
6	27	22
7	27	22
8	27	22
9	27	22
10	27	22
11	27	22
12	27	22
13	27	22
14	27	22
15	27	22
16	27	22
17	27	22
18	27	22
19	27	22
20	27	22
21	27	22
22	27	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	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	80
3	80
4	81
5	81
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	84
19	85
20	85
21	86
22	86
23	87
24	87
25	88
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	90
30	90
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	33	67
16	31	69
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	27	73
20	26	74
21	24	76
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	19	81
25	17	83
26	16	84
27	15	85
28	13	87
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	11	89

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	27	22
2	27	22
3	27	22
4	27	22
5	27	22
6	27	22
7	27	22
8	27	22
9	27	22
10	27	22
11	27	22
12	27	22
13	27	22
14	27	22
15	27	22
16	27	22
17	27	22
18	27	22
19	27	22
20	27	22
21	27	22
22	27	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	3	97
2	3	97
3	3	97
4	3	97
5	3	97
6	3	97
7	3	97
8	3	97
9	3	97
10	3	97
11	3	97
12	3	97
13	3	97
14	3	97
15	3	97
16	3	97
17	3	97
18	3	97
19	3	97
20	3	97
21	3	97
22	3	97
23	4	96
24	4	96
25	4	96
26	5	95
27	5	95
28	6	94
29	6	94
30	7	93
31	7	93

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	80
3	80
4	81
5	81
6	81
7	81
8	81
9	82
10	82
11	82
12	82
13	82
14	82
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	84
19	85
20	85
21	86
22	86
23	87
24	87
25	88
26	89
27	89
28	89
29	90
30	90
31	91

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	41	59
2	41	59
3	40	60
4	40	60
5	39	61
6	39	61
7	38	62
8	38	62
9	37	63
10	37	63
11	36	64
12	35	65
13	34	66
14	34	66
15	33	67
16	31	69
17	30	70
18	29	71
19	27	73
20	26	74
21	24	76
22	22	78
23	21	79
24	19	81
25	17	83
26	16	84
27	15	85
28	13	87
29	12	88
30	12	88
31	11	89