Douentza Weather in August
Douentza in August
The short of it: Douentza in August averages a high of 32 °C (90 °F) and a low of 23 °C (73 °F), with 140 mm (5.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 37 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 32° · low 23° · rain 140 mm · daylight 12 h 37 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Douentza an average August high of 32°, a low of 23° and some 140 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 32° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 140 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 37 min in mid-August, 19 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, Douentza runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Bandiagara, 102 km to the SW, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Douentza, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 10th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 3° colder, 47 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h