Koumpentoum weather in August

In August, Koumpentoum sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 25°C, with 179 mm of rain across 19.1 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 3% 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 Koumpentoum's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Koumpentoum's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
12th warmest
Overnight low
25°
8th coldest
Rainfall
179 mm
19.1 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:48 AM – 7:16 PM
Cloud cover
81%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
4.57 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Koumpentoum is town in Tambacounda, 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 Koumpentoum reaches about 32°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 34°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and on par with September.

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

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
16 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.

Koumpentoum 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
Jan34° / 19°10.111.33.7
Feb37° / 21°10.111.52.3
Mar39° / 24°00.111.90.6
Apr41° / 25°0012.30.0
May40° / 26°20.512.60.1
Jun38° / 27°28512.81.2
Jul34° / 25°11413.512.72.5
Aug32° / 25°17919.112.52.9
Sep33° / 24°1401512.13.2
Oct35° / 25°375.811.72.5
Nov37° / 22°20.611.42.2
Dec35° / 20°10.211.23.3

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 3% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 10% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
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21981
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Koumpentoum gets around 179 mm of rain over 19.1 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 61% and peaks near 64% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
155
256
356
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557
658
758
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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 66% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
124553
224355
324256
424157
514059
613861
713762
813762
913663
1013564
1113564
1203466
1303466
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1903169
2003070
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2202971
2302971
2402971
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Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
110calm
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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 6:46 AM to 6:50 AM, and sunset from 7:23 PM to 7:07 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:467:23
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512.66:467:22
612.66:477:21
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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 4.57 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.57 kWh/m² to a high of 7.27 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.57 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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304.5Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Koumpentoum

In seasonPeak

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

Koumpentoum's rainy season runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Koumpentoum sees seasonal dust haze (February–October), heaviest in June.

Rainy season
Dust
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Koumpentoum?

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

2.9
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Koumpentoum.

What to pack for Koumpentoum in August

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

In August, Koumpentoum sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 25°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Koumpentoum 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 Koumpentoum peaks around August 19 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeExtremeVery highAug 19UV 13Dec 19UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan8Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr9Very high
May11Extreme
Jun10Very high
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov8Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Koumpentoum 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 Koumpentoum is worst in February — around 81 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.1× the cleanest month (August, 20 µg/m³).

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

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1679 µg/m³Aug 2020 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan64Unhealthy
Feb81Unhealthy
Mar68Unhealthy
Apr62Unhealthy
May61Unhealthy
Jun57Unhealthy
Jul30Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep23Moderate
Oct49Poor
Nov57Unhealthy
Dec62Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Koumpentoum?

Koumpentoum sits at 14.0°N, 14.6°W, 24 m above sea level, in Senegal. The nearest listed city is Koungheul, 25 km away.

FaratoTambacoundaVélingaraKaffrineFarafenniSoma

Topography around Koumpentoum

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Koumpentoum has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 33 m around an average of 26 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 46 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 58 m.

The land around Koumpentoum is covered by grassland (44%) and cropland (39%) within 3 km, cropland (43%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and grassland (38%), cropland (38%) and shrubs (20%) within 80 km.

3 km
33 m
16 km
46 m
80 km
58 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswetland
August weather nearby: Koungheul 25 km · Koungneul Sossé 27 km · Farato 75 km · Tambacounda 100 km · Vélingara 105 km · Kaffrine 107 km · Farafenni 121 km · Soma 121 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 Koumpentoum (13.9833°, -14.5667°, elevation 24 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).