Climate averages 1991–2020
Nguru weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the 10th warmest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Nguru: daytime highs average 31.1°C and nights cool to about 23.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the 10th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 147 mm of rain on roughly 17 days, which makes August a wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 33 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gashua (63 km away). In August its highs average 31.3°C, about as warm as Nguru, with 152 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Nguru ranks joint 2nd of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 11th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Nguru is 3.3°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.8°C to 33.8°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 147 mm to 45 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
Nguru climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8°C14.2°C | 14.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.511 h |
| February | 33.2°C16.7°C | 16.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 37.5°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 0.3 | 0.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.5°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 0.6 | 0.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 40.3°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 9.9 | 2.4 | 12.713 h |
| June | 38.3°C26.1°C | 26.1°C | 18 | 4.7 | 12.913 h |
| July | 34.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 75 | 12.9 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 31.1°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 147 | 17.1 | 12.513 h |
| September | 33.8°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 45 | 7.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 36.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 7.2 | 1.9 | 11.912 h |
| November | 34.1°C19.0°C | 19.0°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 30.5°C15.2°C | 15.2°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
- Gashua in AugustNigeria · 63 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.4°C · 152 mm rain
- Hadejia in AugustNigeria · 65 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 23.0°C · 192 mm rain
- Azare in AugustNigeria · 137 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 211 mm rain
- Potiskum in AugustNigeria · 146 kmHigh 29.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 202 mm rain
- Chakwama in AugustNigeria · 170 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.2°C · 245 mm rain
- Daura in AugustNigeria · 180 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 21.8°C · 186 mm rain
- Zinder in AugustNiger · 189 kmHigh 31.5°C · Low 23.0°C · 133 mm rain
- Kano in AugustNigeria · 232 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 Nguru) is explained once on the Nguru year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.