Climate averages 1991–2020
Pala 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 Pala: daytime highs average 28.1°C and nights cool to about 21.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 222 mm of rain on roughly 25 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 Kelo (99 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, 0.6°C warmer than Pala, with 244 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Pala ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 29.0°C; Pala is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 222 mm to 167 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
Pala climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.8°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 35.8°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 1.2 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.5°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 20 | 5.2 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.3°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 73 | 13.3 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 103 | 16.9 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 164 | 22.8 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 28.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 222 | 25.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 167 | 22.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.1°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 62 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 1.0 | 0.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 32.6°C18.4°C | 18.4°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
- Kelo in AugustChad · 99 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 244 mm rain
- Guider in AugustCameroon · 123 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Maroua in AugustCameroon · 151 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 195 mm rain
- Moundou in AugustChad · 156 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 262 mm rain
- Mubi in AugustNigeria · 206 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 222 mm rain
- Doba in AugustChad · 227 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 256 mm rain
- Yola in AugustNigeria · 267 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 165 mm rain
- Jimeta in AugustNigeria · 269 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 165 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 Pala) is explained once on the Pala year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.