Agadez weather in August

In August, Agadez sees average daytime highs of 37°C and overnight lows near 26°C, with 37 mm of rain across 8.9 wet days and about 12.6 hours of daylight. It is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Agadez's 12th-clearest and 12th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Agadez's year-round climate.

Daytime high
37°
6th warmest
Overnight low
26°
8th coldest
Rainfall
37 mm
8.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 36 min
6:15 AM – 6:49 PM
Cloud cover
38%
12th clearest
Wind
12 km/h
12th windiest
Solar energy
6.71 kWh/m²
Travel score
1.4
out of 10

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 37°C through the month.

A typical August day in Agadez reaches about 37°C in the afternoon and slips back to 26°C overnight — a 11°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 34°C and 40°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Agadez

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Agadez weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 6th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan28° / 14°0011.18.1
Feb31° / 17°0011.46.1
Mar35° / 21°00.111.93.2
Apr39° / 25°10.212.40.6
May41° / 28°10.312.80.0
Jun41° / 28°31.1130.0
Jul39° / 27°195.212.90.7
Aug37° / 26°378.912.61.4
Sep39° / 26°51.712.10.8
Oct37° / 25°00.111.61.9
Nov33° / 20°0011.24.8
Dec29° / 15°00117.5

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 65% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 18% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 17%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18515
28416
38317
48218
58218
68119
78119
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Agadez gets around 37 mm of rain over 8.9 wet days in August, the wettest month. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 28% and peaks near 31% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the muggy band about 34% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 48% of them.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11216253512
21216243512
31216243513
41116233514
51116233615
61115233516
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Wind in August

Winds average 12 km/h in August, the calmest month.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 12 km/h on the calmest days to 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
113light breeze
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3012light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of August to 12 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 24 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:11 AM to 6:18 AM, and sunset from 6:57 PM to 6:39 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.86:116:57
212.86:116:57
312.76:126:56
412.76:126:56
512.76:126:55
612.76:126:55
712.76:136:54
812.76:136:54
912.76:136:53
1012.76:136:53
1112.66:146:52
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1512.66:156:50
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2012.56:166:47
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2512.46:176:43
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2912.46:176:40
3012.46:176:39
3112.46:186:39

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 6.71 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.47 kWh/m² to a high of 7.58 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 6.71 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
16.8Intense
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Agadez

In seasonPeak

In August, Agadez sits inside its dust season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Agadez sees seasonal dust haze (February–November), heaviest in June.

Dust
Jan
Feb
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Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is August a good time to visit Agadez?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

1.4
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
7th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Agadez.

What to pack for Agadez in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Agadez sees daytime highs around 37°C and nights near 26°C. Pack light clothes and sun protection. Worth having: rain gear. About 9 days see rain.

light clothessun protectionrain gear

UV index in Agadez in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 12 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Agadez peaks around August 24 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 6 (high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highHighAug 24UV 12Dec 18UV 6
UV index (midday)Level
Jan7Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov8Very high
Dec6High

Air quality in Agadez in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Agadez is worst in February — around 89 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 2.0× the cleanest month (September, 44 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

0306090JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyFeb 1387 µg/m³Sep 1245 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan82Unhealthy
Feb89Unhealthy
Mar77Unhealthy
Apr68Unhealthy
May65Unhealthy
Jun66Unhealthy
Jul58Unhealthy
Aug48Poor
Sep44Poor
Oct57Unhealthy
Nov58Unhealthy
Dec79Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Agadez?

Agadez sits at 17.0°N, 8.0°E, 505 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Alaghsas, 6.0 km away.

ArlitTanoutAbalakTchin TabaradènDakoroMayahiTessaoua

Topography around Agadez

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Agadez.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Agadez has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 25 m around an average of 499 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 170 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 706 m.

The land around Agadez is covered by bare terrain (70%) and artificial surfaces (21%) within 3 km, bare terrain (84%) within 16 km, and bare terrain (90%) within 80 km.

3 km
25 m
16 km
170 m
80 km
706 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Alaghsas 6.0 km · Arlit 206 km · Tanout 242 km · Abalak 249 km · Tchin Tabaradèn 263 km · Dakoro 304 km · Mayahi 337 km · Tessaoua 358 km

Niger travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 4
Do Not Travel
Power plugs
Type A / B / C / D / E / F
220 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 36% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$775
2025
Happiness
4.9 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.4
per 100k, 2012
Road deaths
25.5
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Low
World Bank
Religion
Muslim 96%ethnic religionist 4%Christian 0%agnostics and other 0%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Agadez (16.9733°, 7.9911°, elevation 505 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).