Climate averages 1991–2020
Tahoua 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 Tahoua: daytime highs average 33.4°C and nights cool to about 24.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 90 mm of rain on roughly 13 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 37 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Birni N Konni (122 km away). In August its highs average 31.8°C, 1.5°C cooler than Tahoua, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Tahoua ranks 3rd of 8 for the warmest August highs and 3rd of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 33.5°C; Tahoua is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.7°C to 36.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 90 mm to 29 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
Tahoua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.4°C14.5°C | 14.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.311 h |
| February | 33.7°C17.0°C | 17.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| March | 37.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 40.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.8 | 0.4 | 12.512 h |
| May | 40.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 9.0 | 2.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 38.9°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 16 | 5.3 | 13.013 h |
| July | 35.7°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 43 | 10.1 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 33.4°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 90 | 13.1 | 12.613 h |
| September | 36.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 29 | 6.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 37.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 5.3 | 1.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 34.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| December | 31.3°C15.6°C | 15.6°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
- Birni N Konni in AugustNiger · 122 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Sokoto in AugustNigeria · 203 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Maradi in AugustNiger · 251 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Birnin Kebbi in AugustNigeria · 294 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 187 mm rain
- Dosso in AugustNiger · 303 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 156 mm rain
- Jega in AugustNigeria · 312 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 216 mm rain
- Katsina in AugustNigeria · 328 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 173 mm rain
- Gusau in AugustNigeria · 338 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 202 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 Tahoua) is explained once on the Tahoua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.