Climate averages 1991–2020
Guider weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Guider: daytime highs average 29.1°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 174 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Mubi (83 km away). In August its highs average 27.0°C, 2.1°C cooler than Guider, with 222 mm of rain.
Among the 24 cities listed in Cameroon, Guider ranks 2nd of 24 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 24 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 24 cities is 25.6°C; Guider is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 174 mm to 114 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
Guider climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 39.5°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.7°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 12 | 3.6 | 12.312 h |
| May | 36.7°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 49 | 10.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 33.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 81 | 14.7 | 12.713 h |
| July | 30.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 122 | 19.9 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 29.1°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 174 | 22.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 114 | 19.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.2°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 42 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| December | 33.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 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
- Mubi in AugustNigeria · 83 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 222 mm rain
- Maroua in AugustCameroon · 84 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 195 mm rain
- Pala in AugustChad · 123 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 21.7°C · 222 mm rain
- Jimeta in AugustNigeria · 179 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 23.4°C · 165 mm rain
- Bama in AugustNigeria · 179 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Yola in AugustNigeria · 180 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.1°C · 165 mm rain
- Biu in AugustNigeria · 206 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Kelo in AugustChad · 215 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.0°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 Guider) is explained once on the Guider year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.