Climate averages 1991–2020

Korhogo 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.

Average high 28.3°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 21.5°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 244 mm 27 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
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August is a hot month in Korhogo: daytime highs average 28.3°C and nights cool to about 21.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 244 mm of rain on roughly 27 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 Ferkessédougou (50 km away). In August its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Korhogo, with 205 mm of rain.

Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Korhogo ranks joint 7th of 30 for the warmest August highs and joint 29th of 30 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 30 cities is 27.6°C; Korhogo is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 244 mm to 188 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Korhogo climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Korhogo, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 34.0°C17.7°C17.7°C5.91.011.612 h
February 35.8°C19.8°C19.8°C132.611.812 h
March 36.4°C22.8°C22.8°C377.112.112 h
April 35.4°C23.9°C23.9°C7213.512.312 h
May 33.6°C23.5°C23.5°C9916.612.613 h
June 31.6°C22.5°C22.5°C10717.312.713 h
July 29.2°C21.7°C21.7°C18523.712.613 h
August, selected 28.3°C21.5°C21.5°C24426.512.412 h
September 29.0°C21.5°C21.5°C18823.812.212 h
October 30.5°C21.7°C21.7°C8814.711.912 h
November 32.9°C20.6°C20.6°C163.611.712 h
December 33.8°C18.0°C18.0°C2.40.411.612 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

Distance from Korhogo

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Korhogo) is explained once on the Korhogo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.