Climate averages 1991–2020
Kuje weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Kuje: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 21.9°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 311 mm of rain on roughly 29 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Suleja (34 km away). In August its highs average 26.7°C, 0.8°C cooler than Kuje, with 335 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Kuje ranks joint 69th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 134th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Kuje is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 311 mm to 316 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
Kuje climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.2°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 1.7 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.4°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 5.0 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.6°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 19 | 4.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.8°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 54 | 9.4 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.8°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 138 | 18.2 | 12.513 h |
| June | 29.4°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 207 | 23.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.0°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 265 | 27.9 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 27.5°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 311 | 28.8 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 316 | 27.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 166 | 22.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 13 | 2.4 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.8°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 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
- Suleja in AugustNigeria · 34 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 335 mm rain
- Abuja in AugustNigeria · 35 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 314 mm rain
- Keffi in AugustNigeria · 71 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 279 mm rain
- Minna in AugustNigeria · 111 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 279 mm rain
- Bida in AugustNigeria · 136 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 238 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AugustNigeria · 141 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 333 mm rain
- Lafia in AugustNigeria · 148 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 252 mm rain
- Kagoro in AugustNigeria · 151 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 396 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 Kuje) is explained once on the Kuje year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.