Climate averages 1991–2020
Lere 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 Lere: daytime highs average 26.3°C and nights cool to about 19.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 257 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 28 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Jos (62 km away). In August its highs average 24.3°C, 2.0°C cooler than Lere, with 306 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Lere ranks joint 132nd of 143 for the warmest August highs and 117th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Lere is 1.5°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 27.9°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 257 mm to 203 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
Lere climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.4°C14.1°C | 14.1°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| February | 32.0°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 34.7°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 2.3 | 0.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.9°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 28 | 5.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 32.1°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 98 | 16.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 29.1°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 148 | 22.6 | 12.713 h |
| July | 27.0°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 178 | 25.7 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 26.3°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 257 | 27.4 | 12.512 h |
| September | 27.9°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 203 | 25.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.4°C18.6°C | 18.6°C | 72 | 11.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 30.5°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.4 | 0.1 | 11.712 h |
| December | 29.3°C14.3°C | 14.3°C | 0.4 | 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
- Jos in AugustNigeria · 62 kmHigh 24.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 306 mm rain
- Kagoro in AugustNigeria · 89 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 396 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AugustNigeria · 95 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 333 mm rain
- Zaria in AugustNigeria · 123 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 233 mm rain
- Kaduna in AugustNigeria · 125 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Bauchi in AugustNigeria · 139 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 20.3°C · 323 mm rain
- Chakwama in AugustNigeria · 177 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Kano in AugustNigeria · 180 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 241 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 Lere) is explained once on the Lere year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.