Kiffa Weather in August
Kiffa in August
The short of it: Kiffa in August averages a high of 36 °C (97 °F) and a low of 26 °C (79 °F), with 89 mm (3.5 in) of rain and about 12 h 41 min of daylight. Rated 1 of 5 for a visit; the best months are January and December. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 36° · low 26° · rain 89 mm · daylight 12 h 41 min
✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Kiffa an average August high of 36°, a low of 26° and some 89 mm of rain. Days run hot, near 36° in the afternoon; ride early and rest at noon. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 89 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 41 min in mid-August, 21 minutes less than a month before.
For the traveller: pack linen, a wide hat and water, and an oilskin besides. The Almanac rates August 1 of 5 for a visit; the finest months here are January and December.
Against its neighbours, Kiffa runs cooler than most and about as wet in August. Kankossa, 77 km to the S, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Kiffa, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 8th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 3° colder, 53 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 10°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 41 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KankossaAssaba | 77 km S | 35° | 25° | 99 mm |
| GuerouAssaba | 85 km NW | 37° | 26° | 61 mm |
| TamchekettHodh El Gharbi | 104 km NE | 37° | 26° | 66 mm |
| HamoudAssaba | 110 km S | 35° | 25° | 116 mm |
| El GhayraTagant | 110 km NW | 37° | 27° | 53 mm |
| BarkéwolAssaba | 117 km W | 37° | 26° | 77 mm |
| El ’AyoûnAssaba | 121 km SSE | 33° | 24° | 123 mm |
| Ould YenjéGuidimaka | 125 km SSW | 34° | 25° | 123 mm |