Climate averages 1991–2020
Maradi weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Maradi: daytime highs average 30.9°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 129 mm of rain on roughly 16 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 34 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Katsina (78 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, 1.4°C cooler than Maradi, with 173 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Maradi ranks 8th of 8 for the warmest August highs and joint 5th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 33.5°C; Maradi is 2.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 33.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 129 mm to 51 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
Maradi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 33.1°C16.8°C | 16.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.1°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.8°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 1.5 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 11 | 2.7 | 12.713 h |
| June | 37.3°C26.0°C | 26.0°C | 23 | 5.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 65 | 12.0 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 30.9°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 129 | 15.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 33.5°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 51 | 8.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 8.8 | 1.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.2°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.6°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 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
- Katsina in AugustNigeria · 78 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 173 mm rain
- Gusau in AugustNigeria · 155 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Malumfashi in AugustNigeria · 198 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in AugustNiger · 203 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Zinder in AugustNiger · 207 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Sokoto in AugustNigeria · 207 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Funtua in AugustNigeria · 221 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Kano in AugustNigeria · 227 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 241 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 Maradi) is explained once on the Maradi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.