Climate averages 1991–2020
Makurdi 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 Makurdi: daytime highs average 28.9°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 211 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gboko (70 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, 0.7°C cooler than Makurdi, with 192 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Makurdi ranks 23rd of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 79th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Makurdi is 1.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.6°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 211 mm to 171 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
Makurdi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.4°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 0.8 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.8°C24.6°C | 24.6°C | 3.8 | 0.7 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.1°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 13 | 2.0 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.5°C26.4°C | 26.4°C | 42 | 6.1 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.8°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 90 | 13.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 122 | 17.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 172 | 23.8 | 12.513 h |
| August, selected | 28.9°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 211 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 171 | 22.6 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 84 | 13.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 32.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 6.2 | 1.4 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.9°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.712 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
- Gboko in AugustNigeria · 70 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Lafia in AugustNigeria · 85 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 252 mm rain
- Effium in AugustNigeria · 133 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 230 mm rain
- Wukari in AugustNigeria · 139 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.8°C · 196 mm rain
- Keffi in AugustNigeria · 143 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 279 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in AugustNigeria · 146 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 229 mm rain
- Nsukka in AugustNigeria · 158 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.1°C · 241 mm rain
- Isieke in AugustNigeria · 160 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 228 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 Makurdi) is explained once on the Makurdi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.