Climate averages 1991–2020
Malumfashi 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 Malumfashi: daytime highs average 27.7°C and nights cool to about 20.7°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 226 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 31 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (45 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, 1.1°C cooler than Malumfashi, with 245 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Malumfashi ranks joint 57th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 88th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Malumfashi is 0.1°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.6°C to 29.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 226 mm to 144 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
Malumfashi climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 28.6°C13.8°C | 13.8°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 31.7°C15.8°C | 15.8°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 35.3°C18.7°C | 18.7°C | 0.7 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 37.1°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 7.4 | 2.0 | 12.412 h |
| May | 35.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 51 | 8.6 | 12.713 h |
| June | 32.2°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 87 | 14.6 | 12.813 h |
| July | 29.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 148 | 21.5 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 27.7°C20.7°C | 20.7°C | 226 | 25.8 | 12.513 h |
| September | 29.3°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 144 | 20.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 31.5°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 37 | 6.5 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.5°C16.5°C | 16.5°C | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.0°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 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
- Funtua in AugustNigeria · 45 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Zaria in AugustNigeria · 76 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 20.4°C · 233 mm rain
- Kano in AugustNigeria · 100 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 241 mm rain
- Gusau in AugustNigeria · 112 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Katsina in AugustNigeria · 134 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 173 mm rain
- Kaduna in AugustNigeria · 142 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Lere in AugustNigeria · 187 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 257 mm rain
- Maradi in AugustNiger · 198 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 129 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 Malumfashi) is explained once on the Malumfashi year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.