Nara weather in August

In August, Nara sees average daytime highs of 33°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 138 mm of rain across 14.1 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 42 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Nara's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Nara's year-round climate.

Daytime high
33°
10th warmest
Overnight low
25°
7th coldest
Rainfall
138 mm
14.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:18 AM – 6:49 PM
Cloud cover
60%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.96 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Nara is human settlement in Mali.

Density
18/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 33°C through the month.

A typical August day in Nara reaches about 33°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 36°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Nara

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.

Nara weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan31° / 16°10.211.26.0
Feb34° / 19°10.111.54.2
Mar37° / 22°0011.91.9
Apr40° / 26°20.512.30.1
May41° / 28°61.712.70.0
Jun40° / 28°144.112.90.2
Jul36° / 26°7111.112.82.1
Aug33° / 25°13814.112.53.2
Sep35° / 25°558.412.12.7
Oct38° / 24°132.611.71.5
Nov36° / 21°10.111.32.9
Dec32° / 17°00.111.15.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 29% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 50%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
15446
25446
35347
45248
55149
65050
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Nara gets around 138 mm of rain over 14.1 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 46% and peaks near 50% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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1749
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2147
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3139

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 91% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
19883
28893
37894
46904
55914
65905
74915
83916
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112917
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Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 42 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 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:15 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:56 PM to 6:39 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.76:156:56
212.76:156:55
312.76:156:55
412.76:156:55
512.66:166:54
612.66:166:54
712.66:166:53
812.66:166:53
912.66:176:52
1012.66:176:52
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1212.66:176:51
1312.56:176:50
1412.56:186:50
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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 5.96 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.28 kWh/m² to a high of 7.23 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.96 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.1Intense
26.0Intense
36.0Intense
46.0Intense
56.0Bright
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296.0Intense
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316.1Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Nara

In seasonPeak

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

Nara 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 Nara?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
5th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Nara.

What to pack for Nara in August

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

In August, Nara sees daytime highs around 33°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Nara 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 Nara peaks around August 18 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 highAug 18UV 13Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Nara 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 Nara is worst in February — around 78 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.6× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

020406080JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1377 µg/m³Aug 2217 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan73Unhealthy
Feb78Unhealthy
Mar71Unhealthy
Apr58Unhealthy
May53Poor
Jun54Poor
Jul30Moderate
Aug17Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct45Poor
Nov47Poor
Dec66Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Nara?

Nara sits at 15.2°N, 7.3°W, 266 m above sea level, in Mali. The nearest listed city is Bougadoum, 78 km away.

TembedghaNémaNionoMberaSiribala CoroBanambaToubakoura

Topography around Nara

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Nara has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m around an average of 263 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 48 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m.

The land around Nara is covered by grassland (80%) within 3 km, grassland (87%) within 16 km, and grassland (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
23 m
16 km
48 m
80 km
129 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Bougadoum 78 km · Tembedgha 152 km · Néma 161 km · Niono 173 km · Mbera 178 km · Siribala Coro 179 km · Banamba 181 km · Toubakoura 190 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 Nara (15.1693°, -7.2899°, elevation 266 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).