Climate averages 1991–2020
Lafiagi 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 Lafiagi: daytime highs average 29.5°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 233 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 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bida (70 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, 0.7°C cooler than Lafiagi, with 238 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lafiagi ranks joint 14th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 98th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Lafiagi is 1.7°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 30.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 233 mm to 217 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
Lafiagi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.9°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 37.8°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.8 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 38.9°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 8.9 | 2.3 | 12.112 h |
| April | 38.0°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 38 | 7.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 35.2°C25.4°C | 25.4°C | 99 | 15.7 | 12.513 h |
| June | 32.2°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 161 | 20.9 | 12.613 h |
| July | 30.2°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 195 | 24.2 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 29.5°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 233 | 24.1 | 12.412 h |
| September | 30.2°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 217 | 23.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.8°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 86 | 14.0 | 11.912 h |
| November | 35.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.7 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| December | 35.5°C20.5°C | 20.5°C | 0.4 | 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
- Bida in AugustNigeria · 70 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 238 mm rain
- Ilorin in AugustNigeria · 104 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 21.6°C · 152 mm rain
- Ila Orangun in AugustNigeria · 109 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 20.6°C · 223 mm rain
- Offa in AugustNigeria · 109 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 164 mm rain
- Oyan in AugustNigeria · 114 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.0°C · 197 mm rain
- Ipoti in AugustNigeria · 115 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 20.0°C · 204 mm rain
- Ijero-Ekiti in AugustNigeria · 122 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 204 mm rain
- Ode in AugustNigeria · 123 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 231 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 Lafiagi) is explained once on the Lafiagi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.