Climate averages 1991–2020
Kelo 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 Kelo: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Moundou (87 km away). In August its highs average 28.7°C, about as warm as Kelo, with 262 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Kelo ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest August highs and 4th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 29.0°C; Kelo is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.9°C to 29.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 244 mm to 154 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
Kelo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.6°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.6°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 39.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 1.4 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.0°C26.9°C | 26.9°C | 18 | 4.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 36.1°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 66 | 11.3 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 105 | 16.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 185 | 23.8 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 28.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 244 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 154 | 21.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 54 | 10.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 33.3°C18.6°C | 18.6°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 · 87 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 262 mm rain
- Pala in AugustChad · 99 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 222 mm rain
- Doba in AugustChad · 135 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 256 mm rain
- Guider in AugustCameroon · 215 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Maroua in AugustCameroon · 217 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 195 mm rain
- Sarh in AugustChad · 283 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 249 mm rain
- Mubi in AugustNigeria · 298 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 222 mm rain
- N'Djamena in AugustChad · 322 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 185 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 Kelo) is explained once on the Kelo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.