Madaoua weather in August

In August, Madaoua sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 113 mm of rain across 14.4 wet days and about 12.5 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Madaoua's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Madaoua's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
10th warmest
Overnight low
24°
7th coldest
Rainfall
113 mm
14.4 wet days
Daylight
12 h 30 min
6:26 AM – 6:54 PM
Cloud cover
67%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
9th windiest
Solar energy
5.62 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Madaoua is urban commune in Niger.

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Madaoua reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 35°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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

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.

Madaoua weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan30° / 16°0011.36.6
Feb33° / 18°0011.54.4
Mar38° / 22°00.111.91.6
Apr40° / 26°10.312.30.1
May40° / 28°92.412.60.1
Jun38° / 27°18512.81.3
Jul34° / 25°5611.312.72.8
Aug32° / 24°11314.412.53.4
Sep35° / 25°417.212.12.8
Oct37° / 23°61.911.71.9
Nov35° / 19°0011.33.4
Dec31° / 16°0011.26.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 16% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 21% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 63%. Skies tend to open up as the month goes on.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
14060
23961
33862
43763
53763
63664
73565
83466
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103466
113466
123466
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Madaoua gets around 113 mm of rain over 14.4 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 46% and peaks near 49% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, August lands in the oppressive band about 94% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
19910
29910
38920
47930
57930
67930
76940
86940
95950
105950
115950
124960
134960
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154960
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203961
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275941
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317930

Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 10 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
112light breeze
212light breeze
312light breeze
412light breeze
512light breeze
612light breeze
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:23 AM to 6:28 AM, and sunset from 7:01 PM to 6:45 PM.

12 AM4 AM8 AM12 PM4 PM8 PM12 AM151015202531
Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:237:01
212.66:247:01
312.66:247:00
412.66:247:00
512.66:247:00
612.66:246:59
712.66:256:59
812.66:256:58
912.66:256:58
1012.56:256:58
1112.56:256:57
1212.56:256:57
1312.56:266:56
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3112.36:286:45

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.62 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.62 kWh/m² to a high of 7.3 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.62 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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

Hazard calendar for Madaoua

In seasonPeak

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

Madaoua sees dust haze year-round, heaviest in April.

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

Is August a good time to visit Madaoua?

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

3.4
Sightseeing
4th-best month of the year
5.7
Beach & pool
6th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Madaoua.

What to pack for Madaoua in August

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

In August, Madaoua sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 14 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Madaoua 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 Madaoua peaks around August 16 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 7 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 16UV 12Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Madaoua 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 Madaoua is worst in February — around 98 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 19 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1397 µg/m³Aug 1820 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan92Unhealthy
Feb98Unhealthy
Mar88Unhealthy
Apr70Unhealthy
May53Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul27Moderate
Aug19Moderate
Sep25Moderate
Oct46Poor
Nov57Unhealthy
Dec85Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Madaoua?

Madaoua sits at 14.1°N, 6.0°E, 328 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Illela, 81 km away.

DakoroGwadabawaTahouaTibiri

Topography around Madaoua

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Madaoua has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 35 m around an average of 322 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 209 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 401 m.

The land around Madaoua is covered by cropland (51%) and grassland (33%) within 3 km, cropland (53%) and grassland (35%) within 16 km, and cropland (46%) and grassland (42%) within 80 km.

3 km
35 m
16 km
209 m
80 km
401 m
shrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Illela 81 km · Birni N Konni 83 km · Illéla 88 km · Guidan Roumdji 92 km · Dakoro 99 km · Gwadabawa 111 km · Tahoua 117 km · Tibiri 131 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 Madaoua (14.073°, 5.96°, elevation 328 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).