Climate averages 1991–2020
Bida weather
in August.
A hot, 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 hot month in Bida: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 23.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 238 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lafiagi (70 km away). In August its highs average 29.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Bida, with 233 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Bida ranks joint 24th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 102nd of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Bida is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 238 mm to 211 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
Bida climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.5°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.3°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.8 | 0.3 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.3°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 6.4 | 1.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 29 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 34.6°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 75 | 12.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 31.5°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 120 | 17.1 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.6°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 185 | 22.7 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 28.8°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 238 | 23.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.6°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 211 | 22.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 75 | 11.7 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 1.6 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.612 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
- Lafiagi in AugustNigeria · 70 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 233 mm rain
- Minna in AugustNigeria · 84 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 279 mm rain
- Suleja in AugustNigeria · 129 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 335 mm rain
- Kuje in AugustNigeria · 136 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 311 mm rain
- Ode in AugustNigeria · 147 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 231 mm rain
- Kontagora in AugustNigeria · 159 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 312 mm rain
- Abuja in AugustNigeria · 163 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 314 mm rain
- Ipoti in AugustNigeria · 169 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 204 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 Bida) is explained once on the Bida year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.