Notsé weather in August

In August, Notsé sees average daytime highs of 29°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 136 mm of rain across 21 wet days and about 12.2 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 29°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Notsé's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Notsé's year-round climate.

Daytime high
29°
12th warmest
Overnight low
22°
1st coldest
Rainfall
136 mm
21 wet days
Daylight
12 h 12 min
5:53 AM – 6:06 PM
Cloud cover
84%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
3.82 kWh/m²
Travel score
4.0
out of 10

Notsé is is a town in the plateaux region of Togo..

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 29°C through the month.

A typical August day in Notsé reaches about 29°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 27°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with 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 Notsé

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 6 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
6
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.

Notsé weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-warmest and 5th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 23°133.111.64.0
Feb35° / 24°266.311.83.0
Mar34° / 25°6414.7122.5
Apr33° / 24°9918.312.12.6
May32° / 24°14223.112.32.7
Jun30° / 23°16124.412.43.1
Jul29° / 23°14322.712.43.7
Aug29° / 22°1362112.24.0
Sep30° / 23°16624.4123.3
Oct31° / 23°12221.911.83.2
Nov33° / 23°369.611.73.7
Dec33° / 23°123.311.64.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 6% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 94%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1595
2595
3694
4694
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6694
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12793
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Notsé gets around 136 mm of rain over 21 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 68% and peaks near 77% on the wettest days. The odds climb toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
165
265
364
464
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764
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1465
1565
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1868
1969
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2774
2875
2976
3077
3177

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 89% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11288
21387
31387
41486
51486
61585
71585
81585
91684
101684
111585
121585
131585
141486
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21991
22991
23892
24793
25694
26694
27595
28496
29496
30397
31397

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 18 min at the start of August to 12 h 06 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 5:52 AM to 5:51 AM, and sunset from 6:11 PM to 6:00 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.35:526:11
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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 3.82 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 3.82 kWh/m² to a high of 5.68 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 3.82 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
13.8Moderate
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33.8Moderate
43.8Moderate
53.8Moderate
63.8Moderate
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303.9Moderate
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Notsé

In seasonPeak

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

Notsé's rainy season runs April–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Notsé sees seasonal dust haze (January–April), heaviest in February.

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

Is August a good time to visit Notsé?

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

4.0
Sightseeing
2nd-best month of the year
4.9
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a reasonable time to visit Notsé for sightseeing.

What to pack for Notsé in August

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

In August, Notsé sees daytime highs around 29°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. About 21 days see rain.

light clothesrain gear

UV index in Notsé in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Notsé peaks around April 9 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highApr 9UV 13Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar13Extreme
Apr13Extreme
May11Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul10Extreme
Aug10Very high
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec8Very high

Air quality in Notsé 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 Notsé is worst in January — around 111 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.0× the cleanest month (August, 28 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyJan 14109 µg/m³Aug 1228 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan111Unhealthy
Feb87Unhealthy
Mar49Poor
Apr48Poor
May37Poor
Jun34Moderate
Jul29Moderate
Aug28Moderate
Sep33Moderate
Oct46Poor
Nov52Poor
Dec99Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Notsé?

Notsé sits at 7.0°N, 1.2°E, 142 m above sea level, in Togo. The nearest listed city is Tabligbo, 55 km away.

TabligboAplahouéTséviéKpaliméDjakotoméAtakpaméAthiéméDogbo

Topography around Notsé

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Notsé has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 60 m around an average of 154 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 114 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 983 m.

The land around Notsé is covered by cropland (41%) and artificial surfaces (24%) within 3 km, cropland (39%) and shrubs (31%) within 16 km, and trees (38%) and shrubs (35%) within 80 km.

3 km
60 m
16 km
114 m
80 km
983 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
August weather nearby: Tabligbo 55 km · Aplahoué 57 km · Tsévié 58 km · Kpalimé 59 km · Djakotomé 61 km · Atakpamé 65 km · Athiémé 69 km · Dogbo 70 km

Togo travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 2
Exercise Increased Caution
Power plugs
Type C / E
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 34% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$1,384
2025
Happiness
4.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water
21%
of population, 2024
Road deaths
28.7
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Lower middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 397
Religion
Christian 42%folk religion 37%Muslim 14%none 6%

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 Notsé (6.95°, 1.1667°, elevation 142 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).