Climate averages 1991–2020
Gusau 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 Gusau: daytime highs average 28.6°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 202 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (101 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, 2.0°C cooler than Gusau, with 245 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Gusau ranks joint 27th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 66th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Gusau is 0.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 202 mm to 114 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
Gusau climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.7°C15.6°C | 15.6°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 33.8°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.3°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 6.7 | 1.8 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.1°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 39 | 7.1 | 12.713 h |
| June | 34.0°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 67 | 11.2 | 12.813 h |
| July | 30.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 116 | 17.9 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 28.6°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 202 | 22.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 114 | 15.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 32.9°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 30 | 5.4 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.3°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 31.0°C16.1°C | 16.1°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
- Funtua in AugustNigeria · 101 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Malumfashi in AugustNigeria · 112 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Katsina in AugustNigeria · 137 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 173 mm rain
- Maradi in AugustNiger · 155 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Zaria in AugustNigeria · 165 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 233 mm rain
- Sokoto in AugustNigeria · 183 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Kaduna in AugustNigeria · 201 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Kano in AugustNigeria · 202 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 241 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 Gusau) is explained once on the Gusau year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.