Didy weather in August

In August, Didy sees average daytime highs of 21°C and overnight lows near 12°C, with 23 mm of rain across 8.8 wet days and about 11.4 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in August, and the air most often feels dry.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Didy's 4th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Didy's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 21°; 11th warmest
Overnight low: 12°; 2nd coldest
Rainfall: 23 mm; 8.8 wet days
Daylight: 11 h 24 min; 6:08 AM – 5:31 PM
Cloud cover: 62%; 4th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 2nd windiest
Solar energy: 4.05 kWh/m²
Travel score: 6.7; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 21°C through the month.

A typical August day in Didy reaches about 21°C in the afternoon and slips back to 12°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 19°C and 24°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C warmer than July and about 2°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)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22	22
Avg low (°C)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	13	13	13

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

Didy weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	27° / 19°	274	24.2	13	4.2
Feb	27° / 19°	254	22.7	12.6	4.1
Mar	27° / 19°	181	21.1	12.1	4.7
Apr	26° / 17°	56	14.3	11.6	5.9
May	24° / 16°	35	10.1	11.2	6.8
Jun	22° / 13°	25	8.7	10.9	6.6
Jul	21° / 12°	32	10	11	6.3
Aug	21° / 12°	23	8.8	11.4	6.7
Sep	23° / 13°	17	6.3	11.9	7.5
Oct	26° / 15°	28	7	12.4	7.3
Nov	28° / 17°	61	10.9	12.9	6.2
Dec	28° / 18°	176	18.7	13.1	4.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 18% of the time in August.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 62%.

	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 (%)	34	35	36	36	37	38	37	38	39	39	38	38	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	39	39	39	39	38	39	40	39	40	40	41
Cloudier (%)	66	65	64	64	63	62	63	62	61	61	62	62	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	61	61	61	61	61	62	61	60	61	60	60	59

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	41	59

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Didy gets around 23 mm of rain over 8.8 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 28% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days. The odds ease 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 (%)	34	34	34	34	34	33	33	33	32	31	31	30	29	28	27	26	26	25	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	26

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	32
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	29
14	28
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	25
19	24
20	24
21	24
22	23
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	24
27	24
28	25
29	25
30	26
31	26

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels dry — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the dry band about 60% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

	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
Dry (%)	59	60	60	61	62	62	63	63	63	63	62	62	62	61	61	60	60	60	60	60	60	60	59	59	59	59	59	58	58	58	57
Comfortable (%)	39	38	38	37	37	37	36	36	36	36	37	37	37	38	38	39	39	39	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	41	42
Humid (%)	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	59	39	2
2	60	38	2
3	60	38	2
4	61	37	2
5	62	37	1
6	62	37	1
7	63	36	1
8	63	36	1
9	63	36	1
10	63	36	1
11	62	37	1
12	62	37	1
13	62	37	1
14	61	38	1
15	61	38	1
16	60	39	1
17	60	39	1
18	60	39	1
19	60	40	0
20	60	40	0
21	60	40	0
22	60	40	0
23	59	40	1
24	59	40	1
25	59	40	1
26	59	40	1
27	59	40	1
28	58	41	1
29	58	41	1
30	58	41	1
31	57	42	1

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

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.

	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)	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10
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	11	calm
2	11	calm
3	11	calm
4	11	calm
5	11	calm
6	11	calm
7	11	calm
8	11	calm
9	10	calm
10	10	calm
11	10	calm
12	10	calm
13	10	calm
14	10	calm
15	10	calm
16	10	calm
17	10	calm
18	10	calm
19	10	calm
20	10	calm
21	10	calm
22	10	calm
23	10	calm
24	10	calm
25	10	calm
26	10	calm
27	10	calm
28	10	calm
29	10	calm
30	10	calm
31	10	calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of August to 11 h 36 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:17 AM to 5:57 AM, and sunset from 5:27 PM to 5:35 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)	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.2	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.4	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6	11.6
Sunrise (AM)	6:17	6:16	6:16	6:15	6:15	6:14	6:14	6:13	6:13	6:12	6:12	6:11	6:10	6:10	6:09	6:08	6:08	6:07	6:06	6:06	6:05	6:04	6:04	6:03	6:02	6:01	6:00	6:00	5:59	5:58	5:57
Sunset (PM)	5:27	5:27	5:28	5:28	5:28	5:29	5:29	5:29	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:30	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:31	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:32	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:33	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:34	5:35

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	11.2	6:17	5:27
2	11.2	6:16	5:27
3	11.2	6:16	5:28
4	11.2	6:15	5:28
5	11.2	6:15	5:28
6	11.2	6:14	5:29
7	11.3	6:14	5:29
8	11.3	6:13	5:29
9	11.3	6:13	5:30
10	11.3	6:12	5:30
11	11.3	6:12	5:30
12	11.3	6:11	5:30
13	11.3	6:10	5:31
14	11.4	6:10	5:31
15	11.4	6:09	5:31
16	11.4	6:08	5:31
17	11.4	6:08	5:32
18	11.4	6:07	5:32
19	11.4	6:06	5:32
20	11.4	6:06	5:32
21	11.5	6:05	5:33
22	11.5	6:04	5:33
23	11.5	6:04	5:33
24	11.5	6:03	5:33
25	11.5	6:02	5:33
26	11.5	6:01	5:34
27	11.6	6:00	5:34
28	11.6	6:00	5:34
29	11.6	5:59	5:34
30	11.6	5:58	5:34
31	11.6	5:57	5:35

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.05 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.28 kWh/m² to a high of 6.34 kWh/m² in November across the year — August's 4.05 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

	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)	3.6	3.6	3.7	3.7	3.7	3.8	3.8	3.8	3.9	3.9	3.9	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	4.1	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.5	4.5
Level	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	3.6	Moderate
2	3.6	Moderate
3	3.7	Moderate
4	3.7	Moderate
5	3.7	Moderate
6	3.8	Moderate
7	3.8	Moderate
8	3.8	Moderate
9	3.9	Moderate
10	3.9	Moderate
11	3.9	Moderate
12	4.0	Moderate
13	4.0	Moderate
14	4.0	Bright
15	4.0	Bright
16	4.1	Bright
17	4.1	Bright
18	4.1	Bright
19	4.2	Bright
20	4.2	Bright
21	4.2	Bright
22	4.2	Bright
23	4.3	Bright
24	4.3	Bright
25	4.3	Bright
26	4.3	Bright
27	4.4	Bright
28	4.4	Bright
29	4.4	Bright
30	4.5	Bright
31	4.5	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Didy

In seasonPeak

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

Didy's monsoon runs December–March, when most of the year's rain falls.

Monsoon

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Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Didy?

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

6.7

Sightseeing

4th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Didy for sightseeing.

What to pack for Didy in August

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

In August, Didy sees daytime highs around 21°C and nights near 12°C. Worth packing: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

rain gear

UV index in Didy in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Didy peaks around February 11 at about 16 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near June 18 at about 7 (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)	15	16	14	11	9	7	8	10	12	13	13	15
Level	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	15	Extreme
Feb	16	Extreme
Mar	14	Extreme
Apr	11	Extreme
May	9	Very high
Jun	7	High
Jul	8	Very high
Aug	10	Very high
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	13	Extreme
Nov	13	Extreme
Dec	15	Extreme

Air quality in Didy 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 Didy is worst in November — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.6× the cleanest month (February, 6 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)	7	6	7	7	9	8	7	8	10	28	29	10
Level	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Good	Moderate	Moderate	Good

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	7	Good
Feb	6	Good
Mar	7	Good
Apr	7	Good
May	9	Good
Jun	8	Good
Jul	7	Good
Aug	8	Good
Sep	10	Good
Oct	28	Moderate
Nov	29	Moderate
Dec	10	Good

Location & terrain

Where is Didy?

Didy sits at 18.1°S, 48.5°E, 1,033 m above sea level, in Madagascar. The nearest listed city is Ambatondrazaka, 34 km away.

Topography around Didy

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Didy has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 172 m around an average of 1,039 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 602 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,569 m.

The land around Didy is covered by cropland (70%) within 3 km, trees (53%) and grassland (32%) within 16 km, and trees (45%) and grassland (37%) within 80 km.

3 km

172 m

cropland 70%

16 km

602 m

trees 53%

80 km

1,569 m

trees 45%

treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswaterwetland

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

August weather nearby: Ambatondrazaka 34 km · Amparafaravola 67 km · Imerimandroso 76 km · Anjozorobe 77 km · Toamasina 92 km · Ampasimanolotra 96 km · Moramanga 98 km · Vohibinany 100 km

Madagascar travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 2; Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs: Type C / E; 220 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 31% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $599; 2025
Happiness: 4.2 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 22%; of population, 2024
Road deaths: 29.2; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Low; World Bank
English: Low; EF EPI 457
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 Didy (-18.1167°, 48.5333°, elevation 1,033 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	21	12
2	21	12
3	21	12
4	21	12
5	21	12
6	21	12
7	21	12
8	21	12
9	21	12
10	21	12
11	21	12
12	21	12
13	21	12
14	21	12
15	21	12
16	21	12
17	22	12
18	22	12
19	22	12
20	22	12
21	22	12
22	22	12
23	22	12
24	22	12
25	22	12
26	22	12
27	22	13
28	22	13
29	22	13
30	22	13
31	22	13

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	32
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	29
14	28
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	25
19	24
20	24
21	24
22	23
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	24
27	24
28	25
29	25
30	26
31	26

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	59	39	2
2	60	38	2
3	60	38	2
4	61	37	2
5	62	37	1
6	62	37	1
7	63	36	1
8	63	36	1
9	63	36	1
10	63	36	1
11	62	37	1
12	62	37	1
13	62	37	1
14	61	38	1
15	61	38	1
16	60	39	1
17	60	39	1
18	60	39	1
19	60	40	0
20	60	40	0
21	60	40	0
22	60	40	0
23	59	40	1
24	59	40	1
25	59	40	1
26	59	40	1
27	59	40	1
28	58	41	1
29	58	41	1
30	58	41	1
31	57	42	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	32
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	29
14	28
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	25
19	24
20	24
21	24
22	23
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	24
27	24
28	25
29	25
30	26
31	26

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	59	39	2
2	60	38	2
3	60	38	2
4	61	37	2
5	62	37	1
6	62	37	1
7	63	36	1
8	63	36	1
9	63	36	1
10	63	36	1
11	62	37	1
12	62	37	1
13	62	37	1
14	61	38	1
15	61	38	1
16	60	39	1
17	60	39	1
18	60	39	1
19	60	40	0
20	60	40	0
21	60	40	0
22	60	40	0
23	59	40	1
24	59	40	1
25	59	40	1
26	59	40	1
27	59	40	1
28	58	41	1
29	58	41	1
30	58	41	1
31	57	42	1

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	34	66
2	35	65
3	36	64
4	36	64
5	37	63
6	38	62
7	37	63
8	38	62
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	38	62
12	38	62
13	39	61
14	40	60
15	40	60
16	40	60
17	40	60
18	40	60
19	40	60
20	39	61
21	39	61
22	39	61
23	39	61
24	39	61
25	38	62
26	39	61
27	40	60
28	39	61
29	40	60
30	40	60
31	41	59

	Rain chance (%)
1	34
2	34
3	34
4	34
5	34
6	33
7	33
8	33
9	32
10	31
11	31
12	30
13	29
14	28
15	27
16	26
17	26
18	25
19	24
20	24
21	24
22	23
23	23
24	23
25	23
26	24
27	24
28	25
29	25
30	26
31	26

	Dry (%)	Comfortable (%)	Humid (%)
1	59	39	2
2	60	38	2
3	60	38	2
4	61	37	2
5	62	37	1
6	62	37	1
7	63	36	1
8	63	36	1
9	63	36	1
10	63	36	1
11	62	37	1
12	62	37	1
13	62	37	1
14	61	38	1
15	61	38	1
16	60	39	1
17	60	39	1
18	60	39	1
19	60	40	0
20	60	40	0
21	60	40	0
22	60	40	0
23	59	40	1
24	59	40	1
25	59	40	1
26	59	40	1
27	59	40	1
28	58	41	1
29	58	41	1
30	58	41	1
31	57	42	1