Climate averages 1991–2020
Carnot weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Carnot: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 17 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Berbérati (76 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Carnot, with 194 mm of rain.
Among the 7 cities listed in the Central African Republic, Carnot ranks 5th of 7 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 7 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 7 cities is 28.0°C; Carnot is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 174 mm to 232 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
Carnot climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.8°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 8.2 | 1.8 | 11.912 h |
| February | 34.9°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 26 | 4.8 | 12.012 h |
| March | 32.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 105 | 15.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.5°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 176 | 21.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 29.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 162 | 22.5 | 12.312 h |
| June | 28.5°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 131 | 21.8 | 12.412 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 140 | 23.7 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 27.8°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 174 | 25.5 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.0°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 232 | 26.4 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 287 | 28.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 108 | 14.9 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.2°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 15 | 2.8 | 11.812 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
- Berbérati in AugustCentral African Republic · 76 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.1°C · 194 mm rain
- Bouar in AugustCentral African Republic · 115 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 246 mm rain
- Bertoua in AugustCameroon · 246 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 20.3°C · 144 mm rain
- Bimbo in AugustCentral African Republic · 292 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 157 mm rain
- Bégoua in AugustCentral African Republic · 299 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.9°C · 190 mm rain
- Bangui in AugustCentral African Republic · 304 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.5°C · 157 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in AugustCameroon · 367 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 396 mm rain
- Moundou in AugustChad · 404 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 262 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 Carnot) is explained once on the Carnot year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.