Climate averages 1991–2020
Praia weather
in August.
A hot, moderately wet month: the warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Praia: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 24.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 48 mm of rain on roughly 8 days, which makes August a moderately wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Dakar (653 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, 0.6°C cooler than Praia, with 124 mm of rain.
From August to September, average highs stay level at 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 48 mm to 72 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Praia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 25.2°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 4.2 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
| February | 25.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 1.3 | 0.5 | 11.612 h |
| March | 25.9°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 12.012 h |
| April | 26.3°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 12.512 h |
| May | 27.0°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.813 h |
| June | 28.0°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 13.013 h |
| July | 28.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 9.2 | 1.9 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 48 | 7.8 | 12.613 h |
| September | 29.4°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 72 | 9.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 32 | 3.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.3°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 5.7 | 1.2 | 11.411 h |
| December | 26.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 4.3 | 0.7 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Dakar in AugustSenegal · 653 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 25.6°C · 124 mm rain
- Rufisque in AugustSenegal · 671 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.4°C · 129 mm rain
- Thiès Nones in AugustSenegal · 704 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 24.4°C · 146 mm rain
- Mbour in AugustSenegal · 707 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 25.0°C · 154 mm rain
- Thiès in AugustSenegal · 708 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 24.1°C · 146 mm rain
- Tivaouane in AugustSenegal · 720 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 24.2°C · 122 mm rain
- Serekunda in AugustGambia · 755 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 246 mm rain
- Saint-Louis in AugustSenegal · 762 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 25.6°C · 57 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Praia) is explained once on the Praia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.