Climate averages 1991–2020
Ferkessédougou 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 Ferkessédougou: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 205 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 Korhogo (50 km away). In August its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Ferkessédougou, with 244 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Ferkessédougou ranks joint 3rd of 30 for the warmest August highs and 28th of 30 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 30 cities is 27.6°C; Ferkessédougou is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 29.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 205 mm to 176 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
Ferkessédougou climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.3°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 4.8 | 1.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.2°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 11 | 2.6 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 41 | 7.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.3°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 77 | 13.0 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 102 | 16.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 100 | 16.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 29.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 161 | 21.8 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 205 | 24.7 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 176 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 87 | 15.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.1°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 18 | 3.8 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.0°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 2.4 | 0.5 | 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
- Korhogo in AugustIvory Coast · 50 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.5°C · 244 mm rain
- Banfora in AugustBurkina Faso · 126 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.8°C · 237 mm rain
- Sikasso in AugustMali · 199 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 21.9°C · 265 mm rain
- Bobo-Dioulasso in AugustBurkina Faso · 202 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.4°C · 246 mm rain
- Bouaké in AugustIvory Coast · 212 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Séguéla in AugustIvory Coast · 244 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 21.4°C · 195 mm rain
- Houndé in AugustBurkina Faso · 280 kmHigh 28.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 223 mm rain
- Vavoua in AugustIvory Coast · 283 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.8°C · 141 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 Ferkessédougou) is explained once on the Ferkessédougou year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.