Thiès Weather in August
Thiès in August
The short of it: Thiès in August averages a high of 32 °C (90 °F) and a low of 24 °C (74 °F), with 183 mm (7.2 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 24° · rain 183 mm · daylight 12 h 37 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: January & December
Thirty years of records give Thiès an average August high of 32°, a low of 24° and some 183 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 183 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 37 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, Thiès runs about middling and wetter than most in August. Thiès Nones, 4 km to the W, sees much the same highs.
August in Thiès, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 11th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 96 mm more rain
- Versus September
- about the same
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 37 min
- Average wind
- 9 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thiès NonesThies | 4 km W | 32° | 24° | 179 mm |
| PoutThies | 15 km W | 32° | 24° | 178 mm |
| DougnaneThies | 20 km NNE | 32° | 24° | 162 mm |
| TivaouaneThies | 22 km NNE | 33° | 24° | 169 mm |
| SébikhotaneDakar | 23 km WSW | 32° | 24° | 180 mm |
| KbomboleThies | 24 km E | 33° | 24° | 198 mm |
| KayarThies | 25 km NW | 31° | 24° | 162 mm |
| KhomboleThies | 25 km E | 33° | 24° | 198 mm |