Climate averages 1991–2020
Gashua weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Gashua: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 23.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 152 mm of rain on roughly 18 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Nguru (63 km away). In August its highs average 31.1°C, about as warm as Gashua, with 147 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gashua ranks 1st of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 13th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Gashua is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 34.1°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 152 mm to 50 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
Gashua climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 33.0°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.4°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 1.1 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 40.3°C25.7°C | 25.7°C | 9.9 | 2.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 38.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 19 | 5.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 78 | 13.2 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 31.3°C23.4°C | 23.4°C | 152 | 17.5 | 12.513 h |
| September | 34.1°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 50 | 8.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.6°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 8.2 | 2.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.4°C15.2°C | 15.2°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
- Nguru in AugustNigeria · 63 kmHigh 31.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 147 mm rain
- Hadejia in AugustNigeria · 118 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 192 mm rain
- Potiskum in AugustNigeria · 129 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 202 mm rain
- Daura in AugustNigeria · 152 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 186 mm rain
- Azare in AugustNigeria · 162 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Chakwama in AugustNigeria · 209 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Zinder in AugustNiger · 245 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Maiduguri in AugustNigeria · 257 kmHigh 30.1°C · Low 23.2°C · 189 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 Gashua) is explained once on the Gashua year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.