Climate averages 1991–2020
Dosso 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 Dosso: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 23.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 156 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birnin Kebbi (127 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, 0.8°C cooler than Dosso, with 187 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Dosso ranks 7th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 8th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 33.5°C; Dosso is 2.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.9°C to 33.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 156 mm to 58 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
Dosso climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.3°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 35.4°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.8°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.3 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 3.3 | 0.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.9°C27.6°C | 27.6°C | 13 | 3.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 29 | 7.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.7°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 75 | 12.3 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 31.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 156 | 17.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 33.3°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 58 | 8.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 11 | 2.7 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 33.1°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Birnin Kebbi in AugustNigeria · 127 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 187 mm rain
- Niamey in AugustNiger · 128 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Jega in AugustNigeria · 158 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 216 mm rain
- Sokoto in AugustNigeria · 222 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in AugustNiger · 237 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Tahoua in AugustNiger · 303 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Fada N'gourma in AugustBurkina Faso · 327 kmHigh 29.6°C · Low 22.6°C · 196 mm rain
- Kontagora in AugustNigeria · 385 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 312 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 Dosso) is explained once on the Dosso year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.