Moninnpébougou weather in August

In August, Moninnpébougou sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 159 mm of rain across 17.2 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Moninnpébougou's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Moninnpébougou's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
11th warmest
Overnight low
24°
6th coldest
Rainfall
159 mm
17.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:12 AM – 6:40 PM
Cloud cover
65%
12th clearest
Wind
10 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.77 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.3
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Moninnpébougou reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Moninnpébougou

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
heat index over the day's high
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.

Moninnpébougou weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 11th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 18°10.211.35.5
Feb34° / 20°00.111.53.7
Mar38° / 24°00.111.91.5
Apr40° / 27°41.412.30.1
May40° / 29°102.912.60.0
Jun38° / 28°276.912.81.0
Jul34° / 26°941412.82.6
Aug32° / 24°15917.212.53.3
Sep34° / 25°8211.312.13.1
Oct37° / 25°153.511.72.0
Nov36° / 22°10.111.32.8
Dec33° / 19°0011.24.8

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 24% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 56%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14852
24654
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44555
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Moninnpébougou gets around 159 mm of rain over 17.2 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 55% and peaks near 58% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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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 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
11972
21972
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210928
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230937
240937
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260937
270937
281927
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301936
311936

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 11 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:09 AM to 6:13 AM, and sunset from 6:47 PM to 6:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:096:47
212.66:096:47
312.66:106:46
412.66:106:46
512.66:106:46
612.66:106:45
712.66:106:45
812.66:116:44
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1412.56:126:42
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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 5.77 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.43 kWh/m² to a high of 7.03 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.77 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Moninnpébougou

In seasonPeak

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

Moninnpébougou sees seasonal dust haze (January–October), heaviest in May.

Dust
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Mar
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May
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Aug
Sep
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Moninnpébougou?

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

3.3
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.4
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Moninnpébougou.

What to pack for Moninnpébougou in August

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

In August, Moninnpébougou sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 17 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Moninnpébougou in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Moninnpébougou peaks around August 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 22 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 18UV 13Dec 22UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Moninnpébougou 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 Moninnpébougou is worst in February — around 75 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.7× the cleanest month (August, 16 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorFeb 2174 µg/m³Aug 2016 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan62Unhealthy
Feb75Unhealthy
Mar73Unhealthy
Apr60Unhealthy
May49Poor
Jun41Poor
Jul25Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct33Moderate
Nov36Poor
Dec53Poor
Location & terrain

Where is Moninnpébougou?

Moninnpébougou sits at 14.2°N, 5.5°W, 280 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Ké-Macina, 27 km away.

DjennéPèlèngana

Topography around Moninnpébougou

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Moninnpébougou has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 5 m around an average of 275 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 36 m.

The land around Moninnpébougou is covered by cropland (60%) and grassland (38%) within 3 km, grassland (59%) and cropland (30%) within 16 km, and grassland (58%) and cropland (23%) within 80 km.

3 km
5 m
16 km
24 m
80 km
36 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Ké-Macina 27 km · Niono 51 km · Diourou 62 km · Siribala Coro 64 km · Dougabougou 74 km · Markala 79 km · Djenné 108 km · Pèlèngana 110 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 Moninnpébougou (14.1508°, -5.5209°, elevation 280 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).