Climate averages 1991–2020
Amaigbo weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Amaigbo: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 22.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 227 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 18 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Afikpo (16 km away). In August its highs average 28.6°C, about as warm as Amaigbo, with 221 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Amaigbo ranks joint 27th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 90th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Amaigbo is 0.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.9°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 227 mm to 246 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
Amaigbo climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 10 | 2.2 | 11.812 h |
| February | 35.5°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 25 | 5.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.0°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 70 | 13.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 142 | 20.6 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 191 | 26.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 219 | 27.4 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 225 | 27.7 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 28.6°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 227 | 26.4 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.9°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 246 | 28.5 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 226 | 27.8 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 63 | 12.0 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.4°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 8.7 | 2.0 | 11.812 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
- Afikpo in AugustNigeria · 16 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Ohafia-Ifigh in AugustNigeria · 20 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Ugep in AugustNigeria · 27 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Bende in AugustNigeria · 34 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.0°C · 258 mm rain
- Umuahia in AugustNigeria · 48 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 21.8°C · 249 mm rain
- Okigwe in AugustNigeria · 54 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 22.0°C · 256 mm rain
- Abakaliki in AugustNigeria · 67 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Ikot Ekpene in AugustNigeria · 69 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 290 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 Amaigbo) is explained once on the Amaigbo year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.