Bourem weather in August

In August, Bourem sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 37 mm of rain across 7.2 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bourem's 12th-clearest and 8th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bourem's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
7th warmest
Overnight low
27°
8th coldest
Rainfall
37 mm
7.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
5:48 AM – 6:23 PM
Cloud cover
39%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
8th windiest
Solar energy
6.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.5
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bourem reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 10°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 33°C and 41°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 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
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Bourem weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan29° / 15°10.211.17.3
Feb32° / 17°0011.45.3
Mar36° / 21°0011.92.7
Apr40° / 25°00.112.40.3
May42° / 28°20.512.80.0
Jun41° / 29°41.6130.0
Jul39° / 28°184.912.90.6
Aug37° / 27°377.212.61.5
Sep39° / 27°102.912.10.9
Oct38° / 25°20.411.61.1
Nov35° / 20°0011.23.6
Dec30° / 17°00116.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 62% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 20%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18416
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bourem gets around 37 mm of rain over 7.2 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 23% and peaks near 26% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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521
621
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3021
3120

Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 46% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 79% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1141652252
2141552262
3141451273
4141451273
5141351283
6141350293
7141251293
8141250303
9141151303
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30382139272
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Wind in August

Winds average 15 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 14 km/h on the calmest days to 16 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
116light breeze
216light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:44 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:30 PM to 6:12 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:446:30
212.85:456:30
312.75:456:30
412.75:456:29
512.75:466:29
612.75:466:28
712.75:466:28
812.75:466:27
912.75:476:27
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.82 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.31 kWh/m² to a high of 7.43 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 6.82 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bourem

In seasonPeak

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

Bourem sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in June.

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

Is August a good time to visit Bourem?

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

1.5
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.4
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bourem.

What to pack for Bourem in August

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

In August, Bourem sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 7 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Bourem in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Bourem peaks around August 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highAug 20UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr10Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Bourem 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 Bourem is worst in February — around 106 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.6× the cleanest month (September, 41 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyFeb 9106 µg/m³Sep 1442 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan105Unhealthy
Feb106Unhealthy
Mar96Unhealthy
Apr76Unhealthy
May80Unhealthy
Jun78Unhealthy
Jul66Unhealthy
Aug50Poor
Sep41Poor
Oct56Unhealthy
Nov62Unhealthy
Dec95Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bourem?

Bourem sits at 17.0°N, 0.3°W, 270 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Gao, 83 km away.

I-n-TillitKidalAyorouTimbuktuAribindaMéhanaDori

Topography around Bourem

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bourem has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 38 m around an average of 263 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 52 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m.

The land around Bourem is covered by bare terrain (66%) within 3 km, bare terrain (82%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (68%) and grassland (29%) within 80 km.

3 km
38 m
16 km
52 m
80 km
138 m
grasslandcroplandbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Gao 83 km · I-n-Tillit 157 km · Kidal 249 km · Ayorou 282 km · Timbuktu 284 km · Aribinda 308 km · Méhana 326 km · Dori 327 km

Mali travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,193
2025
Happiness
4.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Road deaths
22.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 408
Religion
Muslim 94%Christian 3%none 3%animist 1%

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 Bourem (16.955°, -0.3486°, elevation 270 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).