Climate averages 1991–2020
Minna 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 Minna: daytime highs average 27.9°C and nights cool to about 22.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 279 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 26 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Bida (84 km away). In August its highs average 28.8°C, 0.9°C warmer than Minna, with 238 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Minna ranks joint 48th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 128th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Minna is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.1°C to 29.0°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 279 mm to 253 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
Minna climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.9°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 0.5 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| February | 36.6°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 2.4 | 0.4 | 11.812 h |
| March | 37.7°C25.5°C | 25.5°C | 7.9 | 1.5 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.6°C26.3°C | 26.3°C | 36 | 5.8 | 12.312 h |
| May | 33.5°C25.3°C | 25.3°C | 87 | 12.5 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.4°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 128 | 16.5 | 12.713 h |
| July | 28.6°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 211 | 24.7 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 27.9°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 279 | 27.2 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.0°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 253 | 25.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.5°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 103 | 14.6 | 11.912 h |
| November | 33.7°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 4.1 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.6°C22.2°C | 22.2°C | 0.3 | 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 · 84 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 238 mm rain
- Suleja in AugustNigeria · 84 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 21.2°C · 335 mm rain
- Kuje in AugustNigeria · 111 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 311 mm rain
- Abuja in AugustNigeria · 121 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 314 mm rain
- Kaduna in AugustNigeria · 141 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Kontagora in AugustNigeria · 147 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 21.8°C · 312 mm rain
- Lafiagi in AugustNigeria · 150 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.8°C · 233 mm rain
- Keffi in AugustNigeria · 169 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 279 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 Minna) is explained once on the Minna year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.