Kidal Weather in August
Kidal in August
The short of it: Kidal in August averages a high of 39 °C (102 °F) and a low of 27 °C (81 °F), with 43 mm (1.7 in) of rain and about 12 h 45 min of daylight. Rated 3 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 39° · low 27° · rain 43 mm · daylight 12 h 45 min
✦✦✦ Fair for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Kidal an average August high of 39°, a low of 27° and some 43 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 39° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 43 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 45 min in mid-August, 23 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water. The Almanac rates August 3 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Kidal runs about middling and drier than most in August. Aguelhok, 127 km to the NNW, is 1° warmer by day.
August in Kidal, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 6th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 2° colder, 16 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 12°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 45 min
- Average wind
- 11 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AguelhokKidal | 127 km NNW | 40° | 28° | 35 mm |
| TimiaouineOther | 226 km N | 40° | 27° | 34 mm |
| BouremGao | 249 km SW | 36° | 25° | 60 mm |
| GaoGao | 287 km SSW | 35° | 25° | 67 mm |
| MénakaMénaka | 300 km SSE | 36° | 26° | 82 mm |
| AnsongoGao | 324 km SSW | 35° | 24° | 90 mm |
| InékarMénaka | 332 km SE | 36° | 25° | 89 mm |
| AndéranboukanMénaka | 376 km SSE | 35° | 25° | 115 mm |