Climate averages 1991–2020
Gboko 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 Gboko: daytime highs average 28.2°C and nights cool to about 22.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 192 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Makurdi (70 km away). In August its highs average 28.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Gboko, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gboko ranks joint 40th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 54th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Gboko is 0.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 192 mm to 191 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
Gboko climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 2.8 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.1°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 8.1 | 1.3 | 11.912 h |
| March | 35.9°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 20 | 3.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 33.9°C25.1°C | 25.1°C | 55 | 8.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.6°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 108 | 15.4 | 12.512 h |
| June | 29.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 114 | 18.4 | 12.513 h |
| July | 28.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 142 | 22.8 | 12.513 h |
| August, selected | 28.2°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 192 | 25.0 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 191 | 24.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 145 | 20.0 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 20 | 3.7 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.1°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 2.4 | 0.4 | 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
- Makurdi in AugustNigeria · 70 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 211 mm rain
- Wukari in AugustNigeria · 105 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Effium in AugustNigeria · 129 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 230 mm rain
- Lafia in AugustNigeria · 141 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 252 mm rain
- Abakaliki in AugustNigeria · 148 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 226 mm rain
- Isieke in AugustNigeria · 149 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 228 mm rain
- Ikom in AugustNigeria · 154 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 22.5°C · 307 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in AugustNigeria · 156 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 229 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 Gboko) is explained once on the Gboko year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.