Climate averages 1991–2020
Bama weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Bama: daytime highs average 30.1°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 179 mm of rain on roughly 22 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 30 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maiduguri (68 km away). In August its highs average 30.1°C, about as warm as Bama, with 189 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Bama ranks joint 8th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 37th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Bama is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 179 mm to 87 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
Bama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 34.7°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.3°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 4.5 | 1.6 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.8°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 24 | 6.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 36.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 41 | 9.3 | 12.813 h |
| July | 32.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 100 | 17.3 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 30.1°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 179 | 21.9 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 87 | 14.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.9°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 20 | 4.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.7°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 0.1 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.8°C16.1°C | 16.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 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
- Maiduguri in AugustNigeria · 68 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Gamboru in AugustNigeria · 110 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.6°C · 170 mm rain
- Maroua in AugustCameroon · 124 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 195 mm rain
- Mubi in AugustNigeria · 147 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 222 mm rain
- N'Djamena in AugustChad · 161 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 185 mm rain
- Guider in AugustCameroon · 179 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Biu in AugustNigeria · 192 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Daura in AugustNigeria · 249 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 186 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 Bama) is explained once on the Bama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.