Climate averages 1991–2020
Bauchi weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Bauchi: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 20.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 323 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jos (113 km away). In August its highs average 24.3°C, 3.3°C cooler than Bauchi, with 306 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Bauchi ranks joint 69th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 137th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Bauchi is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 323 mm to 185 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
Bauchi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C12.7°C | 12.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.6°C14.8°C | 14.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.9°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 17 | 3.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 34.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 73 | 12.2 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 159 | 21.4 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.3°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 272 | 27.1 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 27.5°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 323 | 28.3 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.5°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 185 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C19.6°C | 19.6°C | 55 | 9.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.6°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.0°C13.4°C | 13.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 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
- Jos in AugustNigeria · 113 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 306 mm rain
- Pindiga in AugustNigeria · 127 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 209 mm rain
- Lere in AugustNigeria · 139 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 257 mm rain
- Chakwama in AugustNigeria · 140 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Azare in AugustNigeria · 156 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Kagoro in AugustNigeria · 177 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 396 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AugustNigeria · 188 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 333 mm rain
- Potiskum in AugustNigeria · 206 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.3°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 Bauchi) is explained once on the Bauchi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.