Climate averages 1991–2020
Kontagora 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 Kontagora: daytime highs average 27.8°C and nights cool to about 21.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 312 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 Minna (147 km away). In August its highs average 27.9°C, about as warm as Kontagora, with 279 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kontagora ranks joint 53rd of 143 for the warmest August highs and 135th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Kontagora is level with that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 28.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 312 mm to 192 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
Kontagora climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.2°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 0.3 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.4°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 0.8 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.0°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 3.6 | 1.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.4°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 28 | 5.7 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.3°C24.9°C | 24.9°C | 81 | 12.6 | 12.613 h |
| June | 31.1°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 109 | 14.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.7°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 212 | 24.3 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 27.8°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 312 | 27.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 192 | 23.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 58 | 10.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.1°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.1°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 0.1 | 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
- Minna in AugustNigeria · 147 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 279 mm rain
- Bida in AugustNigeria · 159 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 238 mm rain
- Lafiagi in AugustNigeria · 172 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 233 mm rain
- Kaduna in AugustNigeria · 216 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Kisi in AugustNigeria · 230 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 21.4°C · 207 mm rain
- Suleja in AugustNigeria · 231 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 335 mm rain
- Jega in AugustNigeria · 235 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 216 mm rain
- Ilorin in AugustNigeria · 235 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 152 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 Kontagora) is explained once on the Kontagora year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.