Climate averages 1991–2020
Zinder 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 Zinder: daytime highs average 31.5°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 133 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 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Katsina (175 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, 2.0°C cooler than Zinder, with 173 mm of rain.
Among the 8 cities listed in Niger, Zinder ranks 6th of 8 for the warmest August highs and 7th of 8 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 8 cities is 33.5°C; Zinder is 2.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 3.0°C to 34.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 133 mm to 39 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
Zinder climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.7°C12.9°C | 12.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 32.0°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.2°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.012 h |
| April | 39.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 6.1 | 1.7 | 12.813 h |
| June | 38.0°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 16 | 4.5 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 68 | 12.9 | 12.913 h |
| August, selected | 31.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 133 | 16.0 | 12.613 h |
| September | 34.5°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 39 | 6.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.4°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 4.2 | 0.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 33.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 29.6°C13.9°C | 13.9°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 · 175 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 173 mm rain
- Hadejia in AugustNigeria · 189 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 192 mm rain
- Nguru in AugustNigeria · 189 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Maradi in AugustNiger · 207 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Kano in AugustNigeria · 207 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 241 mm rain
- Gashua in AugustNigeria · 245 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Chakwama in AugustNigeria · 260 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Malumfashi in AugustNigeria · 269 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 226 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 Zinder) is explained once on the Zinder year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.