Tembedgha weather in August

In August, Tembedgha sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 88 mm of rain across 10.1 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 35°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% 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 Tembedgha's 12th-clearest and 6th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Tembedgha's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
9th warmest
Overnight low
26°
8th coldest
Rainfall
88 mm
10.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:20 AM – 6:53 PM
Cloud cover
54%
12th clearest
Wind
13 km/h
6th windiest
Solar energy
6.33 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.4
out of 10

Tembedgha is human settlement in Mauritania.

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 35°C through the month.

A typical August day in Tembedgha reaches about 35°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 32°C and 39°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 3°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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

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.

Tembedgha weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 9th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 16°20.311.16.3
Feb33° / 18°10.111.54.4
Mar37° / 22°10.111.92.1
Apr40° / 26°10.212.40.1
May42° / 28°20.812.70.0
Jun41° / 29°71.712.90.0
Jul38° / 28°366.212.91.1
Aug35° / 26°8810.112.52.4
Sep37° / 26°396.712.11.6
Oct39° / 25°9211.61.0
Nov35° / 21°00.111.22.9
Dec31° / 17°00.111.15.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 40% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 19% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 42%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16337
26238
36139
46040
56040
65941
75842
85941
95842
105842
115743
125842
135743
145743
155743
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Tembedgha gets around 88 mm of rain over 10.1 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 33% and peaks near 34% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
128
228
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530
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832
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3132

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 78% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 98% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
111330641
211328661
301327681
401325701
500224721
600223732
700222742
800221752
900220753
1000119773
1100117793
1200116794
1300115804
1400114805
1500114805
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2800115804
2900116803
3000117793
3100118783

Wind in August

Winds average 13 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 15 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
115light breeze
215light breeze
315light breeze
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514light breeze
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3112calm

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 6:17 AM to 6:23 AM, and sunset from 7:01 PM to 6:43 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.76:177:01
212.76:177:00
312.76:177:00
412.76:187:00
512.76:186:59
612.76:186:59
712.76:186:58
812.76:196:58
912.66:196:57
1012.66:196:57
1112.66:196:56
1212.66:196:56
1312.66:206:55
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1812.56:216:52
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3012.46:236:44
3112.36:236:43

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.33 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.17 kWh/m² to a high of 7.33 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 6.33 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
26.5Intense
36.4Intense
46.4Intense
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276.3Intense
286.3Intense
296.4Intense
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316.4Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Tembedgha

In seasonPeak

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

Tembedgha 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 Tembedgha?

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

2.4
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.2
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Tembedgha.

What to pack for Tembedgha in August

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

In August, Tembedgha sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 10 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Tembedgha 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 Tembedgha peaks around March 20 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highMar 20UV 13Dec 18UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb10Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Tembedgha 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 Tembedgha is worst in January — around 110 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 28 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModerateUnhealthyJan 16109 µg/m³Aug 2328 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan110Unhealthy
Feb103Unhealthy
Mar84Unhealthy
Apr67Unhealthy
May62Unhealthy
Jun71Unhealthy
Jul46Poor
Aug28Moderate
Sep28Moderate
Oct56Unhealthy
Nov63Unhealthy
Dec104Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Tembedgha?

Tembedgha sits at 16.2°N, 8.2°W, 210 m above sea level, in Mauritania. The nearest listed city is Bougadoum, 95 km away.

BougadoumNémaNaraAyoun El AtrousNioroṬinṭâneDiémaMbera

Topography around Tembedgha

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Tembedgha has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 21 m around an average of 213 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 47 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 138 m.

The land around Tembedgha is covered by grassland (86%) within 3 km, grassland (96%) within 16 km, and grassland (89%) within 80 km.

3 km
21 m
16 km
47 m
80 km
138 m
shrubsgrasslandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Bougadoum 95 km · Néma 106 km · Nara 152 km · Ayoun El Atrous 161 km · Nioro 189 km · Ṭinṭâne 214 km · Diéma 218 km · Mbera 258 km

Mauritania travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 3
Reconsider Travel
Power plugs
Type C / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 31% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$2,198
2025
Happiness
4.5 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
1
per 100k, 2020
Road deaths
25.6
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 100%

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 Tembedgha (16.2414°, -8.1732°, elevation 210 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).