Bandiagara Weather in August
Bandiagara in August
The short of it: Bandiagara in August averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 22 °C (71 °F), with 169 mm (6.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 36 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 22° · rain 169 mm · daylight 12 h 36 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Bandiagara an average August high of 31°, a low of 22° and some 169 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 31° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 169 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 36 min in mid-August, 18 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 2 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Bandiagara runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Bankass, 32 km to the SSE, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Bandiagara, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 59 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 9°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 36 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h