Climate averages 1991–2020
Chakwama 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 Chakwama: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 245 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very 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 Azare (59 km away). In August its highs average 29.7°C, about as warm as Chakwama, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Chakwama ranks joint 14th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 108th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Chakwama is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 31.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 245 mm to 117 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
Chakwama climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C13.9°C | 13.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.1°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.9°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 39.1°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 2.8 | 1.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.0°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 29 | 6.1 | 12.713 h |
| June | 34.9°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 65 | 12.0 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.1°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 166 | 21.8 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 245 | 24.9 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 117 | 16.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.7°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 24 | 4.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.4°C18.0°C | 18.0°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.4°C14.8°C | 14.8°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
- Azare in AugustNigeria · 59 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Hadejia in AugustNigeria · 108 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 192 mm rain
- Kano in AugustNigeria · 134 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 241 mm rain
- Bauchi in AugustNigeria · 140 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 323 mm rain
- Potiskum in AugustNigeria · 155 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 202 mm rain
- Nguru in AugustNigeria · 170 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Lere in AugustNigeria · 177 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 257 mm rain
- Daura in AugustNigeria · 190 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 Chakwama) is explained once on the Chakwama year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.