Climate averages 1991–2020
Owendo weather
in August.
A hot, fairly dry month: the joint 10th warmest and the 2nd driest of the year. Meets the pleasant-weather rule
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Owendo: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 27 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes August a fairly dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 07 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Libreville (13 km away). In August its highs average 27.4°C, 0.8°C cooler than Owendo, with 35 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in Gabon, Owendo ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest August highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 28.0°C; Owendo is 0.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.2°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 27 mm to 123 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
Owendo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.2°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 247 | 29.1 | 12.112 h |
| February | 29.6°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 218 | 26.0 | 12.112 h |
| March | 30.0°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 267 | 28.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 255 | 27.3 | 12.112 h |
| May | 29.4°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 224 | 26.2 | 12.112 h |
| June | 28.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 66 | 11.0 | 12.112 h |
| July | 27.8°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 26 | 5.6 | 12.112 h |
| August, selected | 28.2°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 27 | 6.7 | 12.112 h |
| September | 28.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 123 | 20.2 | 12.112 h |
| October | 28.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 335 | 30.2 | 12.112 h |
| November | 28.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 382 | 29.7 | 12.112 h |
| December | 28.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 310 | 30.2 | 12.112 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
- Libreville in AugustGabon · 13 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 22.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Port-Gentil in AugustGabon · 138 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.6°C · 6.9 mm rain
- Bata in AugustEquatorial Guinea · 177 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 96 mm rain
- Ciudad de la Paz in AugustEquatorial Guinea · 206 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 19.8°C · 139 mm rain
- Oyem in AugustGabon · 273 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.0°C · 117 mm rain
- Kribi in AugustCameroon · 298 kmHigh 25.8°C · Low 23.2°C · 275 mm rain
- São Tomé in AugustSao Tome and Principe · 309 kmHigh 25.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 14 mm rain
- Ébolowa in AugustCameroon · 343 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.2°C · 151 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 Owendo) is explained once on the Owendo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.