Zinder weather in August

In August, Zinder sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 133 mm of rain across 16 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 20% 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 Zinder's 12th-clearest and 9th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Zinder's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 32°; 10th warmest
Overnight low: 24°; 7th coldest
Rainfall: 133 mm; 16 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 30 min; 6:14 AM – 6:42 PM
Cloud cover: 65%; 12th clearest
Wind: 11 km/h; 9th windiest
Solar energy: 5.9 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.4; out of 10

Zinder is city in Niger.

Founded: 1736

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

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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 Zinder reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 9°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 3°C cooler than September.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Avg high (°C)	33	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	33
Avg low (°C)	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	24	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23	23

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	23
16	32	23
17	32	23
18	32	23
19	32	23
20	32	23
21	32	23
22	32	23
23	32	23
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	32	23
31	33	23

How August really feels in Zinder

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

heat index over the day's high

Days feeling ≤ 0°C

wind chill below the day's low

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

Zinder 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.

Month	High / Low (°C)	Rainfall (mm)	Wet days	Daylight (hours)	Travel score
Jan	29° / 14°	0	0	11.3	7.2
Feb	33° / 16°	0	0	11.5	5.0
Mar	37° / 21°	0	0	11.9	2.2
Apr	40° / 24°	1	0.3	12.3	0.3
May	40° / 26°	6	1.7	12.6	0.2
Jun	38° / 26°	16	4.5	12.8	1.3
Jul	34° / 25°	68	13	12.7	2.7
Aug	32° / 24°	133	16	12.5	3.4
Sep	35° / 24°	39	6.5	12.1	2.9
Oct	37° / 22°	4	1	11.7	2.1
Nov	34° / 18°	0	0	11.4	3.9
Dec	30° / 14°	0	0	11.2	6.6

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 20% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 22% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 59%.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Clearer (%)	44	43	43	41	41	40	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	39	38	39	39	39	40	40	42	42	42	43	44	44	45	46	46	48	48
Cloudier (%)	56	57	57	59	59	60	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	61	62	61	61	61	60	60	58	58	58	57	56	56	55	54	54	52	52

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	48	52
31	48	52

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Zinder gets around 133 mm of rain over 16 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 51% and peaks near 53% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Rain chance (%)	52	52	52	52	52	52	53	53	53	53	53	53	52	52	52	52	52	52	51	51	51	51	50	49	49	48	47	46	45	44	43

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	52
4	52
5	52
6	52
7	53
8	53
9	53
10	53
11	53
12	53
13	52
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	50
24	49
25	49
26	48
27	47
28	46
29	45
30	44
31	43

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 81% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Muggy (%)	30	28	27	26	25	24	22	21	20	19	18	17	17	16	15	15	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	15	15	16	17	18	19	20
Oppressive (%)	70	72	73	74	75	76	78	79	80	81	82	83	83	84	85	85	85	86	86	86	86	86	86	86	85	85	84	83	82	81	80

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	30	70
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	25	75
6	24	76
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	16	84
28	17	83
29	18	82
30	19	81
31	20	80

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 13 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Wind speed (km/h)	13	13	13	13	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10
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	Wind speed (km/h)	Feels
1	13	light breeze
2	13	light breeze
3	13	light breeze
4	13	light breeze
5	12	light breeze
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7	12	light breeze
8	12	light breeze
9	12	light breeze
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31	10	calm

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 6:12 AM to 6:16 AM, and sunset from 6:49 PM to 6:33 PM.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Daylight (h)	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.6	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3
Sunrise (AM)	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:12	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:13	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:14	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:15	6:16	6:16
Sunset (PM)	6:49	6:48	6:48	6:48	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:35	6:35	6:34	6:33	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.6	6:12	6:49
2	12.6	6:12	6:48
3	12.6	6:12	6:48
4	12.6	6:12	6:48
5	12.6	6:12	6:47
6	12.6	6:13	6:47
7	12.6	6:13	6:46
8	12.6	6:13	6:46
9	12.5	6:13	6:46
10	12.5	6:13	6:45
11	12.5	6:13	6:45
12	12.5	6:14	6:44
13	12.5	6:14	6:44
14	12.5	6:14	6:43
15	12.5	6:14	6:43
16	12.5	6:14	6:42
17	12.5	6:14	6:41
18	12.4	6:14	6:41
19	12.4	6:15	6:40
20	12.4	6:15	6:40
21	12.4	6:15	6:39
22	12.4	6:15	6:39
23	12.4	6:15	6:38
24	12.4	6:15	6:37
25	12.4	6:15	6:37
26	12.3	6:15	6:36
27	12.3	6:15	6:35
28	12.3	6:15	6:35
29	12.3	6:15	6:34
30	12.3	6:16	6:33
31	12.3	6:16	6:33

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.9 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.8 kWh/m² to a high of 7.47 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.9 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31
Solar energy (kWh/m²)	6.0	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.2
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense	Intense

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	6.0	Bright
2	6.0	Bright
3	5.9	Bright
4	5.9	Bright
5	5.9	Bright
6	5.9	Bright
7	5.9	Bright
8	5.9	Bright
9	5.9	Bright
10	5.9	Bright
11	5.9	Bright
12	5.9	Bright
13	5.9	Bright
14	5.9	Bright
15	5.9	Bright
16	5.9	Bright
17	5.9	Bright
18	5.9	Bright
19	5.9	Bright
20	6.0	Bright
21	6.0	Bright
22	6.0	Bright
23	6.0	Intense
24	6.0	Intense
25	6.0	Intense
26	6.0	Intense
27	6.1	Intense
28	6.1	Intense
29	6.1	Intense
30	6.1	Intense
31	6.2	Intense

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Zinder

In seasonPeak

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

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

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Is August a good time to visit Zinder?

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

3.4

Sightseeing

5th-best month of the year

5.5

Beach & pool

8th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Zinder.

What to pack for Zinder in August

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

In August, Zinder sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 16 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Zinder 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 Zinder peaks around August 12 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 8 (very high).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
UV index (midday)	9	12	12	12	10	11	12	12	12	11	9	8
Level	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	Very high

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	9	Very high
Feb	12	Extreme
Mar	12	Extreme
Apr	12	Extreme
May	10	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	12	Extreme
Aug	12	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	8	Very high

Air quality in Zinder 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 Zinder is worst in February — around 103 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (August, 26 µg/m³).

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

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
PM2.5 (µg/m³)	98	103	96	81	63	54	35	26	35	57	65	91
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Moderate	Moderate	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	98	Unhealthy
Feb	103	Unhealthy
Mar	96	Unhealthy
Apr	81	Unhealthy
May	63	Unhealthy
Jun	54	Poor
Jul	35	Moderate
Aug	26	Moderate
Sep	35	Poor
Oct	57	Unhealthy
Nov	65	Unhealthy
Dec	91	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Zinder?

Zinder sits at 13.8°N, 9.0°E, 460 m above sea level, in Niger. The nearest listed city is Mirriah, 21 km away.

Topography around Zinder

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Zinder has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 456 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 118 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 280 m.

The land around Zinder is covered by artificial surfaces (68%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (46%) within 16 km, and cropland (53%) and grassland (46%) within 80 km.

3 km

50 m

artificial surfaces 68%

16 km

118 m

cropland 48%

80 km

280 m

cropland 53%

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← July Zinder year-round climate September →Best places to visit in August

August weather nearby: Mirriah 21 km · Matamey 70 km · Magaria 90 km · Tessaoua 108 km · Daura 112 km · Gazaoua 120 km · Tanout 130 km · Aguié 135 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

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 Zinder (13.8072°, 8.9881°, elevation 460 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).

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	23
16	32	23
17	32	23
18	32	23
19	32	23
20	32	23
21	32	23
22	32	23
23	32	23
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	32	23
31	33	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	52
4	52
5	52
6	52
7	53
8	53
9	53
10	53
11	53
12	53
13	52
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	50
24	49
25	49
26	48
27	47
28	46
29	45
30	44
31	43

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	30	70
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	25	75
6	24	76
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	16	84
28	17	83
29	18	82
30	19	81
31	20	80

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	23
16	32	23
17	32	23
18	32	23
19	32	23
20	32	23
21	32	23
22	32	23
23	32	23
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	32	23
31	33	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	52
4	52
5	52
6	52
7	53
8	53
9	53
10	53
11	53
12	53
13	52
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	50
24	49
25	49
26	48
27	47
28	46
29	45
30	44
31	43

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	30	70
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	25	75
6	24	76
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	16	84
28	17	83
29	18	82
30	19	81
31	20	80

	Avg high (°C)	Avg low (°C)
1	33	24
2	32	24
3	32	24
4	32	24
5	32	24
6	32	24
7	32	24
8	32	24
9	32	24
10	32	24
11	32	24
12	32	24
13	32	24
14	32	24
15	32	23
16	32	23
17	32	23
18	32	23
19	32	23
20	32	23
21	32	23
22	32	23
23	32	23
24	32	23
25	32	23
26	32	23
27	32	23
28	32	23
29	32	23
30	32	23
31	33	23

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	44	56
2	43	57
3	43	57
4	41	59
5	41	59
6	40	60
7	39	61
8	39	61
9	39	61
10	39	61
11	39	61
12	39	61
13	39	61
14	39	61
15	38	62
16	39	61
17	39	61
18	39	61
19	40	60
20	40	60
21	42	58
22	42	58
23	42	58
24	43	57
25	44	56
26	44	56
27	45	55
28	46	54
29	46	54
30	48	52
31	48	52

	Rain chance (%)
1	52
2	52
3	52
4	52
5	52
6	52
7	53
8	53
9	53
10	53
11	53
12	53
13	52
14	52
15	52
16	52
17	52
18	52
19	51
20	51
21	51
22	51
23	50
24	49
25	49
26	48
27	47
28	46
29	45
30	44
31	43

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	30	70
2	28	72
3	27	73
4	26	74
5	25	75
6	24	76
7	22	78
8	21	79
9	20	80
10	19	81
11	18	82
12	17	83
13	17	83
14	16	84
15	15	85
16	15	85
17	15	85
18	14	86
19	14	86
20	14	86
21	14	86
22	14	86
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	15	85
26	15	85
27	16	84
28	17	83
29	18	82
30	19	81
31	20	80