Climate averages 1991–2020
Zaria 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.
August is a warm month in Zaria: daytime highs average 26.9°C and nights cool to about 20.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 233 mm of rain on roughly 26 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 29 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Funtua (64 km away). In August its highs average 26.6°C, about as warm as Zaria, with 245 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Zaria ranks joint 115th of 143 for the warmest August highs and joint 98th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Zaria is 0.9°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 1.4°C to 28.3°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 233 mm to 169 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
Zaria climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C15.4°C | 15.4°C | 0 | 0.0 | 11.512 h |
| February | 32.5°C17.6°C | 17.6°C | 0.6 | 0.1 | 11.812 h |
| March | 35.7°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 12.112 h |
| April | 36.6°C23.0°C | 23.0°C | 19 | 4.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 34.2°C23.2°C | 23.2°C | 79 | 13.4 | 12.613 h |
| June | 30.6°C21.9°C | 21.9°C | 110 | 16.5 | 12.813 h |
| July | 27.9°C20.8°C | 20.8°C | 150 | 22.8 | 12.713 h |
| August, selected | 26.9°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 233 | 25.9 | 12.512 h |
| September | 28.3°C20.4°C | 20.4°C | 169 | 22.9 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.2°C19.7°C | 19.7°C | 55 | 9.3 | 11.912 h |
| November | 31.3°C17.7°C | 17.7°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.612 h |
| December | 29.7°C16.0°C | 16.0°C | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.511 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
- Funtua in AugustNigeria · 64 kmHigh 26.6°C · Low 20.1°C · 245 mm rain
- Kaduna in AugustNigeria · 72 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 20.2°C · 254 mm rain
- Malumfashi in AugustNigeria · 76 kmHigh 27.7°C · Low 20.7°C · 226 mm rain
- Lere in AugustNigeria · 123 kmHigh 26.3°C · Low 19.5°C · 257 mm rain
- Kano in AugustNigeria · 131 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 241 mm rain
- Gusau in AugustNigeria · 165 kmHigh 28.6°C · Low 21.8°C · 202 mm rain
- Kafanchan in AugustNigeria · 181 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 19.6°C · 333 mm rain
- Kagoro in AugustNigeria · 182 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 19.3°C · 396 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 Zaria) is explained once on the Zaria year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.