Climate averages 1991–2020
Kaduna 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 Kaduna: daytime highs average 26.2°C and nights cool to about 20.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 254 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Zaria (72 km away). In August its highs average 26.9°C, 0.7°C warmer than Kaduna, with 233 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kaduna ranks joint 136th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 115th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Kaduna is 1.6°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 27.7°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 254 mm to 206 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
Kaduna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.9°C16.6°C | 16.6°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 33.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.7°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 4.7 | 0.9 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.3°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 28 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.3°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 96 | 15.0 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.1°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 116 | 17.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.0°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 170 | 24.9 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 26.2°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 254 | 27.5 | 12.512 h |
| September | 27.7°C20.2°C | 20.2°C | 206 | 25.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 89 | 12.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.3°C17.8°C | 17.8°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 30.7°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0.4 | 0.0 | 11.512 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
- Zaria in AugustNigeria · 72 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 233 mm rain
- Funtua in AugustNigeria · 112 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Lere in AugustNigeria · 125 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 257 mm rain
- Minna in AugustNigeria · 141 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 279 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AugustNigeria · 141 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 333 mm rain
- Malumfashi in AugustNigeria · 142 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Kagoro in AugustNigeria · 146 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 396 mm rain
- Suleja in AugustNigeria · 152 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 335 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 Kaduna) is explained once on the Kaduna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.