Climate averages 1991–2020
Sapele weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: one of the coolest and the 7th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Sapele: daytime highs average 27.5°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is one of the coolest months of the year.
Expect about 270 mm of rain on roughly 28 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 7th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 19 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Warri (43 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, about as warm as Sapele, with 274 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sapele ranks joint 69th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 124th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Sapele is 0.2°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.5°C to 28.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 270 mm to 310 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
Sapele climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32.9°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 41 | 11.0 | 11.812 h |
| February | 32.8°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 72 | 16.5 | 11.912 h |
| March | 31.6°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 164 | 25.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 30.7°C24.3°C | 24.3°C | 228 | 27.2 | 12.212 h |
| May | 30.0°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 276 | 29.3 | 12.412 h |
| June | 28.5°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 310 | 29.5 | 12.512 h |
| July | 27.5°C22.5°C | 22.5°C | 299 | 29.7 | 12.412 h |
| August, selected | 27.5°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 270 | 28.3 | 12.312 h |
| September | 28.1°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 310 | 29.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.0°C22.7°C | 22.7°C | 298 | 30.2 | 12.012 h |
| November | 30.4°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 125 | 22.1 | 11.912 h |
| December | 31.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 39 | 11.0 | 11.812 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
- Warri in AugustNigeria · 43 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 22.6°C · 274 mm rain
- Benin City in AugustNigeria · 50 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 22.1°C · 266 mm rain
- Ughelli in AugustNigeria · 58 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.4°C · 272 mm rain
- Uromi in AugustNigeria · 115 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 188 mm rain
- Atani in AugustNigeria · 119 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 188 mm rain
- Asaba in AugustNigeria · 121 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 22.9°C · 177 mm rain
- Onitsha in AugustNigeria · 126 kmHigh 28.3°C · Low 22.7°C · 177 mm rain
- Yenagoa in AugustNigeria · 126 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 22.9°C · 247 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 Sapele) is explained once on the Sapele year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.