Climate averages 1991–2020
Effium weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Effium: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 22.7°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 230 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 20 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Isieke (28 km away). In August its highs average 29.1°C, about as warm as Effium, with 228 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Effium ranks joint 24th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 93rd of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Effium is 1.1°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 230 mm to 241 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
Effium climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.3°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 3.3 | 1.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 36.2°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 10 | 2.2 | 11.912 h |
| March | 35.2°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 31 | 5.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.3°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 90 | 12.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.4°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 153 | 20.8 | 12.412 h |
| June | 29.7°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 211 | 23.7 | 12.512 h |
| July | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 211 | 26.6 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 28.8°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 230 | 26.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 241 | 26.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 169 | 23.4 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.7°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 28 | 5.4 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.1°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 2.7 | 0.6 | 11.712 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
- Isieke in AugustNigeria · 28 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 228 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in AugustNigeria · 33 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 229 mm rain
- Abakaliki in AugustNigeria · 35 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Enugu in AugustNigeria · 65 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 239 mm rain
- Nsukka in AugustNigeria · 77 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Aku in AugustNigeria · 82 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 244 mm rain
- Afikpo in AugustNigeria · 83 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 221 mm rain
- Ugep in AugustNigeria · 91 kmHigh 28.3°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 Effium) is explained once on the Effium year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.