Climate averages 1991–2020
Sokoto weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Sokoto: daytime highs average 30.6°C and nights cool to about 23.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 171 mm of rain on roughly 19 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 Birni N Konni (82 km away). In August its highs average 31.8°C, 1.2°C warmer than Sokoto, with 129 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Sokoto ranks 4th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 27th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Sokoto is 2.9°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 2.0°C to 32.6°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 171 mm to 68 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
Sokoto climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31.6°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.411 h |
| February | 34.8°C20.1°C | 20.1°C | 0.2 | 0.0 | 11.712 h |
| March | 38.5°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 0.4 | 0.2 | 12.112 h |
| April | 40.5°C26.6°C | 26.6°C | 2.6 | 0.9 | 12.412 h |
| May | 39.4°C27.8°C | 27.8°C | 21 | 4.9 | 12.713 h |
| June | 36.9°C26.7°C | 26.7°C | 33 | 8.0 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.1°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 82 | 14.2 | 12.813 h |
| August, selected | 30.6°C23.5°C | 23.5°C | 171 | 18.8 | 12.613 h |
| September | 32.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 68 | 9.2 | 12.212 h |
| October | 35.7°C23.9°C | 23.9°C | 13 | 2.9 | 11.812 h |
| November | 35.1°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| December | 32.2°C18.6°C | 18.6°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
- Birni N Konni in AugustNiger · 82 kmHigh 31.8°C · Low 24.1°C · 129 mm rain
- Birnin Kebbi in AugustNigeria · 132 kmHigh 30.5°C · Low 23.4°C · 187 mm rain
- Jega in AugustNigeria · 132 kmHigh 30.0°C · Low 23.3°C · 216 mm rain
- Gusau in AugustNigeria · 183 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Tahoua in AugustNiger · 203 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 24.1°C · 90 mm rain
- Maradi in AugustNiger · 207 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 23.2°C · 129 mm rain
- Dosso in AugustNiger · 222 kmHigh 31.3°C · Low 23.7°C · 156 mm rain
- Katsina in AugustNigeria · 256 kmHigh 29.5°C · Low 22.0°C · 173 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 Sokoto) is explained once on the Sokoto year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.