Climate averages 1991–2020
Doba weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Doba: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 256 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moundou (86 km away). In August its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Doba, with 262 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Doba ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 6th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 29.0°C; Doba is 0.4°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 256 mm to 159 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
Doba climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.5°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.7°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 2.4 | 0.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.0°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 22 | 5.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.1°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 68 | 11.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 102 | 15.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 201 | 24.7 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 28.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 256 | 26.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 159 | 21.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 58 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.7°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 2.2 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| December | 33.3°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 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
- Moundou in AugustChad · 86 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 262 mm rain
- Kelo in AugustChad · 135 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 244 mm rain
- Sarh in AugustChad · 176 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 249 mm rain
- Pala in AugustChad · 227 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 222 mm rain
- Bouar in AugustCentral African Republic · 334 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 246 mm rain
- Guider in AugustCameroon · 349 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Maroua in AugustCameroon · 351 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 195 mm rain
- Ngaoundéré in AugustCameroon · 389 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 17.1°C · 396 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 Doba) is explained once on the Doba year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.