Climate averages 1991–2020
Sarh 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 Sarh: daytime highs average 28.7°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 249 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 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Doba (176 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Sarh, with 256 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Chad, Sarh ranks joint 4th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 5th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 29.0°C; Sarh is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 249 mm to 174 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
Sarh climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.9°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 3.4 | 1.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.1°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 27 | 6.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.2°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 75 | 12.4 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.5°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 101 | 15.7 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 205 | 25.5 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 28.7°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 249 | 26.4 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 174 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 73 | 14.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.3°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.6 | 1.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.4°C19.5°C | 19.5°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
- Doba in AugustChad · 176 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 256 mm rain
- Moundou in AugustChad · 261 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 262 mm rain
- Kelo in AugustChad · 283 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 244 mm rain
- Am Timan in AugustChad · 296 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 263 mm rain
- Pala in AugustChad · 382 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 222 mm rain
- Bambari in AugustCentral African Republic · 453 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 173 mm rain
- Bouar in AugustCentral African Republic · 471 kmHigh 25.6°C · Low 18.4°C · 246 mm rain
- Maroua in AugustCameroon · 474 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 195 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 Sarh) is explained once on the Sarh year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.