Climate averages 1991–2020
Funtua 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 Funtua: daytime highs average 26.6°C and nights cool to about 20.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 245 mm of rain on roughly 26 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 Malumfashi (45 km away). In August its highs average 27.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than Funtua, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Funtua ranks joint 128th 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; Funtua is 1.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 245 mm to 164 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
Funtua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.8°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 31.7°C16.3°C | 16.3°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.0°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 1.4 | 0.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.3°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 15 | 3.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.2°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 69 | 12.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 108 | 16.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 160 | 23.1 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 26.6°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 245 | 26.3 | 12.513 h |
| September | 28.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 164 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C19.1°C | 19.1°C | 48 | 8.8 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.7°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.0°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
- Malumfashi in AugustNigeria · 45 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Zaria in AugustNigeria · 64 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 233 mm rain
- Gusau in AugustNigeria · 101 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Kaduna in AugustNigeria · 112 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Kano in AugustNigeria · 141 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 241 mm rain
- Katsina in AugustNigeria · 166 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 173 mm rain
- Lere in AugustNigeria · 187 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 257 mm rain
- Maradi in AugustNiger · 221 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 129 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 Funtua) is explained once on the Funtua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.