Kolda weather in August

In August, Kolda sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 293 mm of rain across 26.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

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 Kolda's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Kolda's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 31°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 9th coldest
Rainfall: 293 mm; 26.3 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:51 AM – 7:17 PM
Cloud cover: 83%; 12th clearest
Wind: 9 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 4.32 kWh/m²
Travel score: 2.8; out of 10

Kolda is city and regional capital in Senegal.

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

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Kolda reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and on par with September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
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30	31	24
31	31	24

How August really feels in Kolda

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Kolda 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	34° / 19°	0	0.1	11.3	3.8
Feb	37° / 21°	1	0.1	11.6	2.2
Mar	39° / 23°	0	0	11.9	0.8
Apr	40° / 24°	0	0	12.3	0.2
May	39° / 25°	3	0.7	12.6	0.5
Jun	36° / 26°	44	7.5	12.7	1.8
Jul	32° / 25°	204	21.1	12.7	2.8
Aug	31° / 24°	293	26.3	12.4	2.8
Sep	31° / 24°	211	22.6	12.1	2.9
Oct	33° / 24°	64	10.4	11.7	3.5
Nov	34° / 21°	5	1	11.4	3.6
Dec	34° / 19°	1	0.2	11.3	4.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 1% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 8% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 91%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9	8	8	8	7	7	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	7	7	7	8	9
Cloudier (%)	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	89	90	90	90	91	91	92	92	92	93	93	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	94	93	93	93	92	91

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	10	90
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	9	91

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Kolda gets around 293 mm of rain over 26.3 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 85% and peaks near 86% on the wettest days.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	80	81	81	82	82	83	83	84	84	84	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	85	85	84	84

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	81
4	82
5	82
6	83
7	83
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	85
12	85
13	86
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30	84
31	84

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 74% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Oppressive (%)	29	28	27	26	26	25	25	25	25	24	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	25	26	26	26	26	26	27	27	27	27	28	28	28	28
Miserable (%)	71	72	73	74	74	75	75	75	75	76	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	75	74	74	74	74	74	73	73	73	73	72	72	72	72

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	29	71
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	9	calm
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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 6:49 AM to 6:52 AM, and sunset from 7:23 PM to 7:08 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:49	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:50	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:51	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52	6:52
Sunset (PM)	7:23	7:23	7:22	7:22	7:22	7:21	7:21	7:21	7:20	7:20	7:19	7:19	7:18	7:18	7:17	7:17	7:16	7:16	7:15	7:15	7:14	7:13	7:13	7:12	7:12	7:11	7:10	7:10	7:09	7:08	7:08

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:49	7:23
2	12.6	6:49	7:23
3	12.6	6:49	7:22
4	12.5	6:49	7:22
5	12.5	6:49	7:22
6	12.5	6:49	7:21
7	12.5	6:50	7:21
8	12.5	6:50	7:21
9	12.5	6:50	7:20
10	12.5	6:50	7:20
11	12.5	6:50	7:19
12	12.5	6:50	7:19
13	12.5	6:51	7:18
14	12.5	6:51	7:18
15	12.4	6:51	7:17
16	12.4	6:51	7:17
17	12.4	6:51	7:16
18	12.4	6:51	7:16
19	12.4	6:51	7:15
20	12.4	6:51	7:15
21	12.4	6:51	7:14
22	12.4	6:51	7:13
23	12.4	6:52	7:13
24	12.3	6:52	7:12
25	12.3	6:52	7:12
26	12.3	6:52	7:11
27	12.3	6:52	7:10
28	12.3	6:52	7:10
29	12.3	6:52	7:09
30	12.3	6:52	7:08
31	12.3	6:52	7:08

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.32 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.32 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3	4.3
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	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.5	Bright
2	4.5	Bright
3	4.4	Bright
4	4.4	Bright
5	4.4	Bright
6	4.4	Bright
7	4.4	Bright
8	4.4	Bright
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27	4.3	Bright
28	4.3	Bright
29	4.3	Bright
30	4.3	Bright
31	4.3	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Kolda

In seasonPeak

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

Kolda's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Kolda sees seasonal dust haze (February–July), heaviest in June.

Monsoon

Dust

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Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Kolda?

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

2.8

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.1

Beach & pool

10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Kolda.

What to pack for Kolda in August

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

In August, Kolda sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Kolda 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 Kolda peaks around August 18 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.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	8	11	13	10	11	11	12	13	12	10	8	7
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	11	Extreme
Mar	13	Extreme
Apr	10	Extreme
May	11	Extreme
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	10	Extreme
Nov	8	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Kolda 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 Kolda is worst in February — around 99 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.8× the cleanest month (August, 17 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	63	99	83	57	50	46	25	17	20	36	42	55
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Poor	Poor

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	63	Unhealthy
Feb	99	Unhealthy
Mar	83	Unhealthy
Apr	57	Unhealthy
May	50	Poor
Jun	46	Poor
Jul	25	Moderate
Aug	17	Moderate
Sep	20	Moderate
Oct	36	Poor
Nov	42	Poor
Dec	55	Poor

Location & terrain

Where is Kolda?

Kolda sits at 12.9°N, 14.9°W, 17 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Sédhiou, 70 km away.

Topography around Kolda

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Kolda has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 43 m around an average of 18 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 85 m.

The land around Kolda is covered by artificial surfaces (36%), trees (20%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, trees (41%) and shrubs (32%) within 16 km, and trees (57%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km

43 m

artificial surfaces 36%

16 km

58 m

trees 41%

80 km

85 m

trees 57%

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← July Kolda year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Sédhiou 70 km · Diaoubé 84 km · Bafatá 86 km · Soma 88 km · Vélingara 94 km · Farato 97 km · Farafenni 103 km · Gabú 104 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

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 Kolda (12.8939°, -14.9413°, elevation 17 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
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5	31	24
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17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	10	90
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	9	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	81
4	82
5	82
6	83
7	83
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	85
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	85
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	84
31	84

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	29	71
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	10	90
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	9	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	81
4	82
5	82
6	83
7	83
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	85
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	85
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	84
31	84

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	29	71
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	31	24
2	31	24
3	31	24
4	31	24
5	31	24
6	31	24
7	31	24
8	31	24
9	31	24
10	31	24
11	31	24
12	31	24
13	31	24
14	31	24
15	31	24
16	31	24
17	31	24
18	31	24
19	31	24
20	31	24
21	31	24
22	31	24
23	31	24
24	31	24
25	31	24
26	31	24
27	31	24
28	31	24
29	31	24
30	31	24
31	31	24

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	11	89
6	11	89
7	11	89
8	11	89
9	10	90
10	10	90
11	10	90
12	9	91
13	9	91
14	8	92
15	8	92
16	8	92
17	7	93
18	7	93
19	6	94
20	6	94
21	6	94
22	6	94
23	6	94
24	6	94
25	6	94
26	6	94
27	7	93
28	7	93
29	7	93
30	8	92
31	9	91

	Rain chance (%)
1	80
2	81
3	81
4	82
5	82
6	83
7	83
8	84
9	84
10	84
11	85
12	85
13	86
14	86
15	86
16	86
17	86
18	86
19	86
20	86
21	86
22	86
23	86
24	86
25	86
26	85
27	85
28	85
29	85
30	84
31	84

	Oppressive (%)	Miserable (%)
1	29	71
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	26	74
6	25	75
7	25	75
8	25	75
9	25	75
10	24	76
11	25	75
12	25	75
13	25	75
14	25	75
15	25	75
16	25	75
17	25	75
18	25	75
19	26	74
20	26	74
21	26	74
22	26	74
23	26	74
24	27	73
25	27	73
26	27	73
27	27	73
28	28	72
29	28	72
30	28	72
31	28	72