Climate averages 1991–2020
Suleja weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Suleja: daytime highs average 26.7°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 335 mm of rain on roughly 30 days, which makes August a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 25 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Kuje (34 km away). In August its highs average 27.5°C, 0.8°C warmer than Suleja, with 311 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Suleja ranks joint 121st of 143 for the warmest August highs and 139th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Suleja is 1.0°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 28.0°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 335 mm to 336 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
Suleja climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 11.712 h |
| February | 35.8°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 4.7 | 1.2 | 11.812 h |
| March | 36.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.112 h |
| April | 34.3°C24.7°C | 24.7°C | 57 | 9.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 31.2°C23.7°C | 23.7°C | 147 | 18.9 | 12.513 h |
| June | 28.8°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 212 | 23.8 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 276 | 28.3 | 12.613 h |
| August, selected | 26.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 335 | 29.6 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.0°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 336 | 28.0 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.5°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 181 | 22.2 | 11.912 h |
| November | 32.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 14 | 2.0 | 11.712 h |
| December | 34.1°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 1.2 | 0.2 | 11.612 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
- Kuje in AugustNigeria · 34 kmHigh 27.5°C · Low 21.9°C · 311 mm rain
- Abuja in AugustNigeria · 37 kmHigh 26.8°C · Low 21.3°C · 314 mm rain
- Minna in AugustNigeria · 84 kmHigh 27.9°C · Low 22.3°C · 279 mm rain
- Keffi in AugustNigeria · 85 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 279 mm rain
- Bida in AugustNigeria · 129 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 23.0°C · 238 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AugustNigeria · 130 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 333 mm rain
- Kagoro in AugustNigeria · 141 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 396 mm rain
- Kaduna in AugustNigeria · 152 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 254 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 Suleja) is explained once on the Suleja year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.