Gao Weather in August
Gao in August
The short of it: Gao in August averages a high of 35 °C (96 °F) and a low of 25 °C (76 °F), with 67 mm (2.6 in) of rain and about 12 h 40 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 35° · low 25° · rain 67 mm · daylight 12 h 40 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Gao an average August high of 35°, a low of 25° and some 67 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 35° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 67 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 40 min in mid-August, 20 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, Gao runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. Bourem, 83 km to the NNW, sees much the same highs.
August in Gao, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 22 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 2° colder
- Day–night spread
- 11°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 40 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BouremGao | 83 km NNW | 36° | 25° | 60 mm |
| AnsongoGao | 90 km SE | 35° | 24° | 90 mm |
| I-n-TillitGao | 92 km SSW | 34° | 24° | 95 mm |
| TessitGao | 120 km SSW | 34° | 23° | 109 mm |
| AyorouTillabéri Region | 200 km SSE | 34° | 23° | 130 mm |
| Gorom-GoromSahel | 204 km S | 33° | 22° | 150 mm |
| BankilaréTillabéri Region | 206 km SSE | 33° | 23° | 150 mm |
| AribindaSahel | 244 km SSW | 32° | 22° | 166 mm |