Climate averages 1991–2020
Gbarnga weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Gbarnga: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 21.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 246 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nzérékoré (111 km away). In August its highs average 26.0°C, 0.9°C cooler than Gbarnga, with 275 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Gbarnga ranks 1st 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 26.5°C; Gbarnga is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 246 mm to 309 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
Gbarnga climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 23 | 5.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.0°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 45 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.2°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 97 | 17.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 133 | 21.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 190 | 25.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.3°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 220 | 26.8 | 12.513 h |
| July | 27.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 190 | 25.6 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 26.9°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 246 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.7°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 309 | 28.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 179 | 27.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.9°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 71 | 17.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 29.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 26 | 6.4 | 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
- Nzérékoré in AugustGuinea · 111 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 275 mm rain
- Buchanan in AugustLiberia · 140 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 390 mm rain
- Danané in AugustIvory Coast · 148 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 244 mm rain
- Monrovia in AugustLiberia · 166 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 492 mm rain
- Gueckedou in AugustGuinea · 189 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 330 mm rain
- Kenema in AugustSierra Leone · 213 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 413 mm rain
- Man in AugustIvory Coast · 217 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.5°C · 202 mm rain
- Duekoué in AugustIvory Coast · 236 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 153 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 Gbarnga) is explained once on the Gbarnga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.