Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafia weather
in August.
A hot, 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 hot month in Lafia: daytime highs average 28.4°C and nights cool to about 22.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 252 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 24 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Keffi (81 km away). In August its highs average 27.6°C, 0.8°C cooler than Lafia, with 279 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafia ranks joint 32nd of 143 for the warmest August highs and 114th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Lafia is 0.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 29.4°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 252 mm to 190 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
Lafia climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.4°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 0.6 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.8°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 2.9 | 0.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.2°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 12 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.4°C26.5°C | 26.5°C | 34 | 5.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.6°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 94 | 13.8 | 12.513 h |
| June | 30.3°C23.8°C | 23.8°C | 140 | 19.0 | 12.613 h |
| July | 28.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 185 | 25.9 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 28.4°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 252 | 27.3 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.4°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 190 | 23.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 79 | 14.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 3.8 | 1.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 0.7 | 0.1 | 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
- Keffi in AugustNigeria · 81 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 279 mm rain
- Makurdi in AugustNigeria · 85 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 211 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AugustNigeria · 123 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 333 mm rain
- Kagoro in AugustNigeria · 125 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 396 mm rain
- Abuja in AugustNigeria · 128 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 314 mm rain
- Gboko in AugustNigeria · 141 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Kuje in AugustNigeria · 148 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 311 mm rain
- Wukari in AugustNigeria · 155 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 196 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 Lafia) is explained once on the Lafia year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.