Climate averages 1991–2020

Pindiga 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.

Average high 27.6°C Daytime mean, August
Average low 21.3°C Night-time mean, August
Rainfall 209 mm 23 days with ≥1 mm
Daylight 12 h Sunrise to sunset, per day
Every month in Pindiga · average highYear overview

August is a warm month in Pindiga: daytime highs average 27.6°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.

Expect about 209 mm of rain on roughly 23 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 27 min on an average August day.

The nearest other city in this atlas is Bauchi (127 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Pindiga, with 323 mm of rain.

Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Pindiga ranks joint 63rd of 143 for the warmest August highs and 78th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Pindiga is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.

From August to September, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 28.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 209 mm to 108 mm.

The annual picture

August in context

30-year average
Average highAverage low°C
Average daily high and low temperatures by month The same values are available in the monthly table below. Lines show mean daily maxima and minima, not a forecast interval. 10152025303540 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec

Monthly rainfall

Average total · mm
Average monthly rainfall totalsEach bar is a mean monthly total over 1991–2020. Full numbers are in the table. JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 2500

Averages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated

Every month, side by side

Pindiga climate table

1991–2020
Monthly climate averages for Pindiga, 1991–2020
MonthAverage highHigh / lowAverage lowRainfall mm/monthRain days ≥1 mm/dayDaylight hours/dayDay­light h/day
January 31.9°C16.7°C16.7°C00.011.612 h
February 34.6°C18.9°C18.9°C0.20.111.812 h
March 37.5°C21.9°C21.9°C1.50.312.112 h
April 37.5°C24.5°C24.5°C143.312.312 h
May 35.1°C24.6°C24.6°C469.112.613 h
June 32.4°C23.2°C23.2°C6010.912.713 h
July 29.4°C21.9°C21.9°C12217.712.613 h
August, selected 27.6°C21.3°C21.3°C20922.812.412 h
September 28.6°C21.5°C21.5°C10816.512.212 h
October 31.2°C21.7°C21.7°C448.111.912 h
November 33.5°C19.9°C19.9°C1.20.211.712 h
December 32.0°C17.6°C17.6°C0.10.011.612 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

Distance from Pindiga

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 limits

How these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Pindiga) is explained once on the Pindiga year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.