Climate averages 1991–2020
Atani weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the 9th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Atani: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 188 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 9th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Onitsha (16 km away). In August its highs average 28.3°C, about as warm as Atani, with 177 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Atani ranks joint 32nd of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 47th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Atani is 0.6°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 188 mm to 212 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
Atani climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 8.4 | 2.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.9°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 19 | 4.4 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.6°C24.8°C | 24.8°C | 67 | 12.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.0°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 130 | 19.0 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 174 | 25.2 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.1°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 209 | 26.7 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.3°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 197 | 26.6 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 188 | 24.2 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 212 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 184 | 26.3 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.9°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 47 | 8.4 | 11.912 h |
| December | 33.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 7.2 | 1.6 | 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
- Onitsha in AugustNigeria · 16 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Nkpor in AugustNigeria · 18 kmHigh 28.0°C · Low 22.4°C · 177 mm rain
- Nnewi in AugustNigeria · 19 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.1°C · 232 mm rain
- Asaba in AugustNigeria · 21 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 177 mm rain
- Ihiala in AugustNigeria · 21 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 246 mm rain
- Igbo-Ukwu in AugustNigeria · 30 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.9°C · 232 mm rain
- Agulu in AugustNigeria · 36 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 232 mm rain
- Awka in AugustNigeria · 42 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 182 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 Atani) is explained once on the Atani year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.