Climate averages 1991–2020
Kano weather
in August.
A hot, very wet month: the 11th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Kano: daytime highs average 29.2°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 241 mm of rain on roughly 24 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 Malumfashi (100 km away). In August its highs average 27.7°C, 1.5°C cooler than Kano, with 226 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kano ranks 18th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 104th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Kano is 1.4°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.8°C to 30.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 241 mm to 119 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
Kano climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C13.5°C | 13.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 32.3°C15.7°C | 15.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.1°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.4°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 3.9 | 1.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 37.6°C24.4°C | 24.4°C | 33 | 6.2 | 12.713 h |
| June | 34.5°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 72 | 12.7 | 12.813 h |
| July | 30.7°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 164 | 21.6 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 29.2°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 241 | 24.4 | 12.513 h |
| September | 30.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 119 | 16.1 | 12.212 h |
| October | 33.3°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 23 | 4.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.5°C16.9°C | 16.9°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.6°C14.2°C | 14.2°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
- Malumfashi in AugustNigeria · 100 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Zaria in AugustNigeria · 131 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 233 mm rain
- Chakwama in AugustNigeria · 134 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Funtua in AugustNigeria · 141 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Katsina in AugustNigeria · 148 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 173 mm rain
- Hadejia in AugustNigeria · 173 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 192 mm rain
- Lere in AugustNigeria · 180 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 257 mm rain
- Azare in AugustNigeria · 186 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 211 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 Kano) is explained once on the Kano year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.