Climate averages 1991–2020
Jos weather
in August.
A warm, 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 warm month in Jos: daytime highs average 24.3°C and nights cool to about 17.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 306 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Lere (62 km away). In August its highs average 26.3°C, 2.0°C warmer than Jos, with 257 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Jos ranks 143rd of 143 for the warmest August highs and 132nd of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Jos is 3.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 25.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 306 mm to 185 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
Jos climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 27.9°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 30.0°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 1.9 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 32.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 4.6 | 0.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 39 | 6.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.2°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 131 | 17.8 | 12.613 h |
| June | 26.7°C18.9°C | 18.9°C | 223 | 26.0 | 12.713 h |
| July | 24.9°C18.1°C | 18.1°C | 264 | 28.6 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 24.3°C17.9°C | 17.9°C | 306 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 25.9°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 185 | 23.8 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.2°C17.5°C | 17.5°C | 47 | 9.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 28.3°C16.2°C | 16.2°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 27.7°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 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
- Lere in AugustNigeria · 62 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 257 mm rain
- Kagoro in AugustNigeria · 66 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 396 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AugustNigeria · 76 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 333 mm rain
- Bauchi in AugustNigeria · 113 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 323 mm rain
- Keffi in AugustNigeria · 164 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 279 mm rain
- Lafia in AugustNigeria · 165 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 252 mm rain
- Kaduna in AugustNigeria · 172 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Abuja in AugustNigeria · 181 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 314 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 Jos) is explained once on the Jos year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.