Ziguinchor Weather in August
Ziguinchor in August
The short of it: Ziguinchor in August averages a high of 31 °C (88 °F) and a low of 23 °C (74 °F), with 426 mm (16.8 in) of rain and about 12 h 32 min of daylight. Rated 2 of 5 for a visit; the best months are December and January. Source: TerraClimate climate normals, 1991–2020.
Average high 31° · low 23° · rain 426 mm · daylight 12 h 32 min
✦✦ Travel with care for a visit · best months: December & January
Thirty years of records give Ziguinchor an average August high of 31°, a low of 23° and some 426 mm of rain. The dead of winter in Ziguinchor: highs scarcely reach 31°, nights fall to 23°. It is the wettest month of the year here, about 426 mm.
The sun is up for about 12 h 32 min in mid-August, 16 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 December and January.
Against its neighbours, Ziguinchor runs warmer than most and drier than most in August. São Domingos, 20 km to the SSE, is 1° cooler by day.
August in Ziguinchor, by the numbers
- Warmth rank
- 12th warmest of 12
- Rain rank
- 1st wettest of 12
- Versus July
- 1° colder, 130 mm more rain
- Versus September
- 1° colder
- Day–night spread
- 8°
- Snow season
- seldom any
- Daylight, mid-month
- 12 h 32 min
- Average wind
- 8 km/h
Neighbouring Towns
August averages · distance by the crow’s flight| Town | Distance | High | Low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| São DomingosCacheu | 20 km SSE | 30° | 23° | 462 mm |
| CanchungoCacheu | 25 km SE | 30° | 23° | 455 mm |
| BignonaZiguinchor | 27 km N | 31° | 23° | 399 mm |
| AdéaneZiguinchor | 29 km ENE | 30° | 24° | 411 mm |
| OussouyeZiguinchor | 31 km WSW | 30° | 23° | 463 mm |
| CacheuCacheu | 35 km SSE | 30° | 23° | 500 mm |
| Tionk EssilZiguinchor | 36 km NW | 31° | 24° | 467 mm |
| MarsassoumKolda | 43 km NE | 31° | 24° | 385 mm |