Climate averages 1991–2020
Katsina weather
in August.
A hot, 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 Katsina: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.0°C. By daytime temperature it is the 11th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 173 mm of rain on roughly 21 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Maradi (78 km away). In August its highs average 30.9°C, 1.4°C warmer than Katsina, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Katsina ranks joint 14th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 28th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Katsina is 1.8°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.3°C to 31.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 173 mm to 79 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
Katsina climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.1°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 32.2°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.1°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.6°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 2.5 | 0.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 38.0°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 18 | 4.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 35.6°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 41 | 9.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 31.7°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 100 | 17.2 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 173 | 20.6 | 12.613 h |
| September | 31.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 79 | 11.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 34.4°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 14 | 2.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.0°C18.2°C | 18.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 29.7°C15.0°C | 15.0°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
- Maradi in AugustNiger · 78 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Malumfashi in AugustNigeria · 134 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Gusau in AugustNigeria · 137 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Kano in AugustNigeria · 148 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 241 mm rain
- Funtua in AugustNigeria · 166 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Zinder in AugustNiger · 175 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Zaria in AugustNigeria · 209 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 233 mm rain
- Sokoto in AugustNigeria · 256 kmHigh 30.6°C · Low 23.5°C · 171 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 Katsina) is explained once on the Katsina year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.