When to go · Bissau
Bissau in August
Avoid month. Very wet.
Key facts
- Verdict
- Avoid
- Temperature
- 29° / 23°
- average high / low
- Rain days
- 21
- Crowds
- Low
- Guinea-Bissau overall
- Prices
- Low
- Guinea-Bissau overall
Verdict
AvoidVoykit month rating for Bissau
Very wet.
Weather in August
- BissauHighs around 29 °C, lows around 23 °C, rain on about 21 days
- Coast and Bissau, Guinea-Bissau · Bissau, Cacheu, Varelastorm or typhoon risk
Dry and pleasant Dec–Mar with Harmattan haze; very wet Jul–Sep (Bissau gets about 2,000 mm a year).
Jun–Oct season
Heavy afternoon rain most days; low streets flood and road trips slow down.
Festivals and holidays
Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.
Pidjiguiti Day
3 August · Pidjiguiti memorial
Low-key commemorations of the 1959 massacre.
Crowds and prices
- Crowds · Guinea-Bissau overall
- Low
- Prices · Guinea-Bissau overall
- Low
Guinea-Bissau overall: Wettest month; turtle nesting starts on Poilão.
What to pack
- A rain jacket or umbrella and shoes that dry fast
- A spare day in the plan: storms can cancel flights and ferries