Climate averages 1991–2020
Wukari weather
in August.
A hot, very 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 Wukari: daytime highs average 28.8°C and nights cool to about 22.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 196 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 23 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Gboko (105 km away). In August its highs average 28.2°C, 0.6°C cooler than Wukari, with 192 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Wukari ranks joint 24th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 58th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Wukari is 1.0°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.7°C to 29.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 196 mm to 184 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
Wukari climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35.0°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.9 | 0.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 36.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 3.9 | 0.6 | 11.912 h |
| March | 37.3°C25.8°C | 25.8°C | 12 | 1.8 | 12.112 h |
| April | 35.5°C26.2°C | 26.2°C | 49 | 7.9 | 12.312 h |
| May | 32.8°C25.2°C | 25.2°C | 105 | 14.0 | 12.512 h |
| June | 30.7°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 100 | 15.2 | 12.613 h |
| July | 29.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 134 | 21.4 | 12.513 h |
| August, selected | 28.8°C22.8°C | 22.8°C | 196 | 24.9 | 12.412 h |
| September | 29.5°C22.9°C | 22.9°C | 184 | 23.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.4°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 129 | 17.7 | 12.012 h |
| November | 33.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 14 | 2.5 | 11.812 h |
| December | 34.6°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 0.8 | 0.2 | 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
- Gboko in AugustNigeria · 105 kmHigh 28.2°C · Low 22.2°C · 192 mm rain
- Makurdi in AugustNigeria · 139 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 23.1°C · 211 mm rain
- Lafia in AugustNigeria · 155 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.6°C · 252 mm rain
- Jalingo in AugustNigeria · 208 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 22.7°C · 183 mm rain
- Kumbo in AugustCameroon · 210 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 551 mm rain
- Bamenda in AugustCameroon · 216 kmHigh 22.8°C · Low 16.5°C · 331 mm rain
- Effium in AugustNigeria · 235 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 22.7°C · 230 mm rain
- Keffi in AugustNigeria · 236 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 21.7°C · 279 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 Wukari) is explained once on the Wukari year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.