Joal Weather in August
Joal in August
The short of it: Joal in August averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 24 °C (75 °F), with 244 mm (9.6 in) of rain and about 12 h 35 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 24° · rain 244 mm · daylight 12 h 35 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Joal an average August high of 31°, a low of 24° and some 244 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 244 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 35 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, Joal runs cooler than most and drier than most in August. Baboucar Toumbou, 16 km to the ESE, sees much the same highs.
August in Joal, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 139 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 35 min
- Average wind
- 10 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baboucar ToumbouFatick | 16 km ESE | 31° | 24° | 259 mm |
| Keur Babakar ToumbouFatick | 16 km ESE | 31° | 24° | 259 mm |
| DiofiorFatick | 20 km E | 32° | 24° | 246 mm |
| WarangThies | 24 km NNW | 31° | 24° | 208 mm |
| MbourThies | 30 km NNW | 31° | 24° | 199 mm |
| ThiadiayeThies | 32 km NNE | 32° | 24° | 206 mm |
| SaliThies | 35 km NNW | 31° | 24° | 194 mm |
| NgaparouThies | 39 km NW | 31° | 24° | 187 mm |