Climate averages 1991–2020
Yamoussoukro weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Yamoussoukro: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 101 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bouaflé (55 km away). In August its highs average 28.4°C, about as warm as Yamoussoukro, with 106 mm of rain.
Among the 30 cities listed in Ivory Coast, Yamoussoukro ranks joint 3rd of 30 for the warmest August highs and 15th of 30 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 30 cities is 27.6°C; Yamoussoukro is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 101 mm to 149 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
Yamoussoukro climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.1°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 20 | 3.9 | 11.812 h |
| February | 33.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 48 | 8.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.3°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 92 | 16.7 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 109 | 18.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.4°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 107 | 20.2 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.7°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 110 | 20.3 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.6°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 83 | 16.9 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 101 | 18.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 149 | 22.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 112 | 21.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.0°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 52 | 12.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 31.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 16 | 3.9 | 11.712 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
- Bouaflé in AugustIvory Coast · 55 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.2°C · 106 mm rain
- Dimbokro in AugustIvory Coast · 66 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.3°C · 94 mm rain
- Sinfra in AugustIvory Coast · 74 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 21.5°C · 103 mm rain
- Bonon in AugustIvory Coast · 86 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 111 mm rain
- Bouaké in AugustIvory Coast · 101 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.4°C · 176 mm rain
- Gagnoa in AugustIvory Coast · 107 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 98 mm rain
- Divo in AugustIvory Coast · 110 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 98 mm rain
- Daloa in AugustIvory Coast · 130 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.7°C · 138 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 Yamoussoukro) is explained once on the Yamoussoukro year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.