Kébémer weather in August

In August, Kébémer sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 103 mm of rain across 12.4 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-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 15% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Kébémer's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kébémer's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
12th warmest
Overnight low
25°
12th coldest
Rainfall
103 mm
12.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:54 AM – 7:25 PM
Cloud cover
69%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.55 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.7
out of 10

Kébémer is town in Louga, 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 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kébémer reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 25°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Kébémer

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.

Kébémer weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 18°30.211.25.1
Feb33° / 19°20.311.54.4
Mar34° / 19°0011.93.9
Apr34° / 19°0012.34.1
May34° / 21°0012.74.2
Jun33° / 23°20.612.94.4
Jul33° / 25°345.412.84.2
Aug32° / 25°10312.412.53.7
Sep32° / 25°9811.712.13.6
Oct35° / 24°243.911.73.0
Nov35° / 22°10.111.33.0
Dec33° / 19°20.411.14.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 15% 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 67%. Skies tend to cloud over as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14258
24258
34258
44159
54060
63961
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kébémer gets around 103 mm of rain over 12.4 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 40% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 60% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
145739
245541
335443
435344
535146
635047
724949
824850
924751
1024652
1124553
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1314356
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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 11 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

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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 6:51 AM to 6:56 AM, and sunset from 7:33 PM to 7:15 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.76:517:33
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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 5.55 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 7.41 kWh/m² in May across the year — August's 5.55 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kébémer

In seasonPeak

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

Kébémer sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

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

Atlantic hurricane
Dust
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Is August a good time to visit Kébémer?

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

3.7
Sightseeing
9th-best month of the year
5.9
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kébémer.

What to pack for Kébémer in August

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

In August, Kébémer sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: rain gear and sun protection. About 12 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Kébémer in August

The nearest coast averages about 28°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea at the nearest coast (about 35 km away) is warmest in September at about 28°C and coldest in February near 19°C.

It's comfortable for a long swim from May 1 to Jan 11 — about 8.4 months when the water holds above 20°C.

20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDeccoolrefreshingwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan20Cool
Feb19Cool
Mar19Cool
Apr19Cool
May21Refreshing
Jun24Warm
Jul27Warm
Aug28Warm
Sep28Tropical
Oct28Warm
Nov25Warm
Dec22Refreshing

UV index in Kébémer in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Kébémer peaks around March 18 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 18UV 13Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun10Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Kébémer 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 Kébémer is worst in February — around 104 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.8× the cleanest month (August, 37 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyFeb 8104 µg/m³Aug 1838 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan103Unhealthy
Feb104Unhealthy
Mar80Unhealthy
Apr60Unhealthy
May57Unhealthy
Jun74Unhealthy
Jul49Poor
Aug37Poor
Sep45Poor
Oct66Unhealthy
Nov69Unhealthy
Dec96Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Kébémer?

Kébémer sits at 15.4°N, 16.4°W, 43 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Mékhé, 35 km away.

MboroTivaouaneDougnaneKhomboleKbomboleSaint-Louis

Topography around Kébémer

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kébémer has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 15 m around an average of 39 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 23 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 129 m.

The land around Kébémer is covered by grassland (61%) and cropland (27%) within 3 km, grassland (49%) and cropland (49%) within 16 km, and grassland (43%), cropland (33%) and water (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
15 m
16 km
23 m
80 km
129 m
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August weather nearby: Mékhé 35 km · Louga 36 km · Mboro 55 km · Tivaouane 62 km · Dougnane 65 km · Khombole 72 km · Kbombole 72 km · Saint-Louis 73 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 Kébémer (15.365°, -16.4339°, elevation 43 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. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. 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).