Climate averages 1991–2020
Bégoua weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bégoua: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 190 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 16 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bangui (11 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Bégoua, with 157 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Bégoua ranks joint 2nd of 7 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 28.0°C; Bégoua is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 190 mm to 198 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
Bégoua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 11 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| February | 35.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 25 | 4.9 | 12.012 h |
| March | 33.1°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 91 | 13.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 119 | 16.5 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.9°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 123 | 17.8 | 12.312 h |
| June | 30.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 103 | 17.3 | 12.412 h |
| July | 29.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 136 | 21.3 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 28.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 190 | 25.6 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 198 | 25.8 | 12.112 h |
| October | 29.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 212 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 103 | 15.2 | 11.912 h |
| December | 32.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 17 | 3.0 | 11.912 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
- Bangui in AugustCentral African Republic · 11 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Bimbo in AugustCentral African Republic · 26 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Gemena in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 191 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.5°C · 162 mm rain
- Gbadolite in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 274 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.9°C · 160 mm rain
- Bambari in AugustCentral African Republic · 278 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 173 mm rain
- Carnot in AugustCentral African Republic · 299 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 20.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Berbérati in AugustCentral African Republic · 305 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 194 mm rain
- Binga in AugustDemocratic Republic of the Congo · 318 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.7°C · 161 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 Bégoua) is explained once on the Bégoua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.