Dagana weather in August

In August, Dagana sees average daytime highs of 35°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 59 mm of rain across 7.8 wet days and about 12.6 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 36% 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 Dagana's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dagana's year-round climate.

Daytime high
35°
9th warmest
Overnight low
26°
11th coldest
Rainfall
59 mm
7.8 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:50 AM – 7:23 PM
Cloud cover
55%
12th clearest
Wind
15 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
6.23 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.5
out of 10

Dagana is city in Senegal.

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 Dagana 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 33°C and 38°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°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 Dagana

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.

Dagana 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
Jan32° / 18°30.311.15.3
Feb33° / 19°20.311.44.2
Mar36° / 21°00.111.92.6
Apr38° / 22°0012.41.3
May40° / 24°00.112.80.3
Jun39° / 25°20.4130.8
Jul36° / 25°132.512.92.2
Aug35° / 26°597.812.62.5
Sep36° / 26°56812.12.1
Oct38° / 26°152.611.61.2
Nov36° / 23°10.211.22.4
Dec33° / 19°20.3114.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 36% 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 46%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
16238
26238
36238
46139
56139
66040
76040
85941
95941
105842
115743
125644
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dagana gets around 59 mm of rain over 7.8 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 25% and peaks near 32% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
116
217
318
418
519
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720
821
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1022
1123
1223
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1425
1525
1626
1727
1827
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2028
2128
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2329
2429
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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 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1166915
2156916
3156817
4156718
5146818
6146620
7136621
8136522
9126523
10126424
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12106426
13106228
1496130
1586032
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1775736
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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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516light breeze
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916light breeze
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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 6:46 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 7:31 PM to 7:13 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.76:467:31
212.76:467:30
312.76:477:30
412.76:477:30
512.76:477:29
612.76:477:29
712.76:487:28
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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 6.23 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.02 kWh/m² to a high of 7.48 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 6.23 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.5Intense
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316.1Intense
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Dagana

In seasonPeak

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

Dagana 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 Dagana?

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

2.5
Sightseeing
5th-best month of the year
5.6
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dagana.

What to pack for Dagana in August

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

In August, Dagana sees daytime highs around 35°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. About 8 days see rain.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Dagana in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 11 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Dagana peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 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 highMar 18UV 13Dec 15UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul10Very high
Aug11Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct9Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Dagana 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 Dagana is worst in January — around 115 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.7× the cleanest month (August, 31 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorPoorUnhealthyJan 24115 µg/m³Aug 1932 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan115Unhealthy
Feb115Unhealthy
Mar85Unhealthy
Apr73Unhealthy
May73Unhealthy
Jun83Unhealthy
Jul46Poor
Aug31Moderate
Sep38Poor
Oct59Unhealthy
Nov62Unhealthy
Dec105Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Dagana?

Dagana sits at 16.5°N, 15.6°W, 16 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Richard-Toll, 11 km away.

PodorNdioumSaint-LouisLougaDara

Topography around Dagana

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dagana has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 17 m around an average of 7 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 26 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 71 m.

The land around Dagana is covered by grassland (52%) and cropland (38%) within 3 km, grassland (51%) and cropland (32%) within 16 km, and grassland (78%) within 80 km.

3 km
17 m
16 km
26 m
80 km
71 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwaterwetland
August weather nearby: Richard-Toll 11 km · Rosso 22 km · Tékane 30 km · Podor 71 km · Ndioum 102 km · Saint-Louis 108 km · Louga 116 km · Dara 126 km

Senegal travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type C / D / E / K
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 36% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,955
2025
Happiness
4.8 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
27%
of population, 2024
Homicide rate
0.3
per 100k, 2015
Road deaths
23.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 442
Religion
Muslim 97%Christian 3%

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 Dagana (16.4767°, -15.6°, elevation 16 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).