Climate averages 1991–2020
Daura 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 Daura: daytime highs average 29.0°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 186 mm of rain on roughly 22 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 Potiskum (40 km away). In August its highs average 29.4°C, about as warm as Daura, with 202 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Daura ranks joint 20th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 45th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Daura is 1.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.7°C to 30.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 186 mm to 79 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
Daura climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C14.9°C | 14.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 33.0°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.0°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.9°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 4.5 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.7°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 22 | 5.7 | 12.613 h |
| June | 35.0°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 43 | 9.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.1°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 123 | 18.5 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 29.0°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 186 | 21.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.7°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 79 | 13.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.5°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 19 | 4.1 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.2°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 30.3°C15.9°C | 15.9°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
- Potiskum in AugustNigeria · 40 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 202 mm rain
- Azare in AugustNigeria · 133 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Biu in AugustNigeria · 135 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Gashua in AugustNigeria · 152 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Hadejia in AugustNigeria · 179 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 192 mm rain
- Nguru in AugustNigeria · 180 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Pindiga in AugustNigeria · 181 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.3°C · 209 mm rain
- Chakwama in AugustNigeria · 190 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 245 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 Daura) is explained once on the Daura year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.