Climate averages 1991–2020
Monrovia weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the joint 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Monrovia: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 492 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the joint 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Buchanan (95 km away). In August its highs average 26.2°C, about as warm as Monrovia, with 390 mm of rain.
Among the 3 cities listed in Liberia, Monrovia ranks 2nd of 3 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 3 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 3 cities is 26.5°C; Monrovia is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 27.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 492 mm to 530 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
Monrovia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 83 | 17.5 | 11.812 h |
| February | 29.3°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 103 | 20.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 161 | 25.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 29.4°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 208 | 26.3 | 12.312 h |
| May | 28.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 321 | 29.9 | 12.412 h |
| June | 27.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 492 | 29.0 | 12.512 h |
| July | 26.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 419 | 26.8 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 26.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 492 | 27.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 530 | 29.3 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 358 | 30.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 28.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 192 | 27.6 | 11.812 h |
| December | 28.9°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 105 | 23.0 | 11.812 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
- Buchanan in AugustLiberia · 95 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 23.3°C · 390 mm rain
- Gbarnga in AugustLiberia · 166 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 246 mm rain
- Kenema in AugustSierra Leone · 181 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 413 mm rain
- Bo in AugustSierra Leone · 212 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 476 mm rain
- Koidu in AugustSierra Leone · 261 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 21.1°C · 419 mm rain
- Gueckedou in AugustGuinea · 262 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 21.0°C · 330 mm rain
- Nzérékoré in AugustGuinea · 272 kmHigh 26.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 275 mm rain
- Danané in AugustIvory Coast · 311 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 21.2°C · 244 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 Monrovia) is explained once on the Monrovia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.