Climate averages 1991–2020
Nsukka weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 10th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Nsukka: daytime highs average 26.8°C and nights cool to about 21.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 241 mm of rain on roughly 27 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 10th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 21 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Aku (19 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, 0.7°C warmer than Nsukka, with 244 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Nsukka ranks joint 117th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 104th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Nsukka is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 27.6°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 241 mm to 277 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
Nsukka climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.3°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 7.2 | 2.1 | 11.812 h |
| February | 34.0°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 18 | 3.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 33.0°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 57 | 10.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 31.2°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 114 | 15.5 | 12.312 h |
| May | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 194 | 23.4 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 245 | 26.1 | 12.513 h |
| July | 26.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 232 | 28.3 | 12.512 h |
| August, selected | 26.8°C21.1°C | 21.1°C | 241 | 27.1 | 12.312 h |
| September | 27.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 277 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 28.3°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 217 | 25.5 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.0°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 41 | 7.0 | 11.812 h |
| December | 32.3°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 5.3 | 1.0 | 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
- Aku in AugustNigeria · 19 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.7°C · 244 mm rain
- Eha Amufu in AugustNigeria · 46 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.7°C · 229 mm rain
- Enugu in AugustNigeria · 48 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.3°C · 239 mm rain
- Effium in AugustNigeria · 77 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 230 mm rain
- Awka in AugustNigeria · 80 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 182 mm rain
- Isieke in AugustNigeria · 88 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 23.0°C · 228 mm rain
- Agulu in AugustNigeria · 92 kmHigh 27.8°C · Low 22.0°C · 232 mm rain
- Abakaliki in AugustNigeria · 99 kmHigh 29.0°C · Low 22.9°C · 226 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 Nsukka) is explained once on the Nsukka year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.