Climate averages 1991–2020
Jega 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 Jega: daytime highs average 30.0°C and nights cool to about 23.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 216 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a very 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 Birnin Kebbi (32 km away). In August its highs average 30.5°C, 0.5°C warmer than Jega, with 187 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jega ranks 11th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 82nd of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Jega is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.5°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 216 mm to 96 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
Jega climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.2°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 36.2°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 39.3°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.3°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 5.9 | 1.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.2°C27.3°C | 27.3°C | 34 | 6.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.3°C25.9°C | 25.9°C | 57 | 9.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 31.7°C24.2°C | 24.2°C | 113 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 30.0°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 216 | 21.0 | 12.513 h |
| September | 31.5°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 96 | 11.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.7°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 20 | 4.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 33.8°C19.5°C | 19.5°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
- Birnin Kebbi in AugustNigeria · 32 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 187 mm rain
- Sokoto in AugustNigeria · 132 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 171 mm rain
- Dosso in AugustNiger · 158 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 156 mm rain
- Birni N Konni in AugustNiger · 199 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Kontagora in AugustNigeria · 235 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 312 mm rain
- Gusau in AugustNigeria · 248 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Niamey in AugustNiger · 285 kmHigh 32.2°C · Low 24.1°C · 122 mm rain
- Tahoua in AugustNiger · 312 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 90 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 Jega) is explained once on the Jega year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.