Climate averages 1991–2020
Bata weather
in August.
A warm, wet month: one of the coolest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bata: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 96 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 11 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kribi (120 km away). In August its highs average 25.8°C, 1.0°C cooler than Bata, with 275 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Equatorial Guinea, Bata ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 3 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 3 cities is 26.7°C; Bata is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.3°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 96 mm to 245 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
Bata climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 164 | 28.2 | 12.012 h |
| February | 29.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 169 | 25.9 | 12.112 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 236 | 28.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.3°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 256 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| May | 28.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 265 | 29.5 | 12.212 h |
| June | 27.5°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 179 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| July | 26.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 110 | 17.2 | 12.212 h |
| August, selected | 26.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 96 | 19.7 | 12.212 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 245 | 27.6 | 12.112 h |
| October | 27.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 335 | 30.7 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 325 | 29.8 | 12.012 h |
| December | 28.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 213 | 29.7 | 12.012 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
- Kribi in AugustCameroon · 120 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 275 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in AugustEquatorial Guinea · 121 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Libreville in AugustGabon · 167 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Owendo in AugustGabon · 177 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.5°C · 27 mm rain
- Ébolowa in AugustCameroon · 192 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 151 mm rain
- Oyem in AugustGabon · 204 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Edéa in AugustCameroon · 219 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 247 mm rain
- Malabo in AugustEquatorial Guinea · 237 kmHigh 26.5°C · Low 24.0°C · 431 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 Bata) is explained once on the Bata year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.