Climate averages 1991–2020
Gamboru weather
in August.
A hot, 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 Gamboru: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 170 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 32 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is N'Djamena (96 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, 0.6°C cooler than Gamboru, with 185 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gamboru ranks joint 2nd of 143 for the warmest August highs and 26th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Gamboru is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.6°C to 33.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 170 mm to 66 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
Gamboru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.2°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 34.4°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.6°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 41.3°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 3.0 | 0.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 40.5°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 17 | 5.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 38.3°C27.0°C | 27.0°C | 28 | 7.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 34.3°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 87 | 15.2 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 170 | 19.6 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.7°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 66 | 9.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.9°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 10 | 2.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.3°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.8°C17.4°C | 17.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- N'Djamena in AugustChad · 96 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 185 mm rain
- Bama in AugustNigeria · 110 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 179 mm rain
- Maiduguri in AugustNigeria · 128 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 189 mm rain
- Maroua in AugustCameroon · 199 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 195 mm rain
- Mubi in AugustNigeria · 255 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.6°C · 222 mm rain
- Guider in AugustCameroon · 273 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 22.4°C · 174 mm rain
- Biu in AugustNigeria · 294 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.5°C · 183 mm rain
- Daura in AugustNigeria · 318 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 Gamboru) is explained once on the Gamboru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.