Anchau weather in August

In August, Anchau sees average daytime highs of 28°C and overnight lows near 21°C, with 230 mm of rain across 25.7 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Anchau's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Anchau's year-round climate.

Daytime high: 28°; 12th warmest
Overnight low: 21°; 8th coldest
Rainfall: 230 mm; 25.7 wet days
Daylight: 12 h 24 min; 6:20 AM – 6:41 PM
Cloud cover: 82%; 12th clearest
Wind: 10 km/h; 10th windiest
Solar energy: 4.73 kWh/m²
Travel score: 3.9; out of 10

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Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 28°C through the month.

A typical August day in Anchau reaches about 28°C in the afternoon and slips back to 21°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 26°C and 30°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°C cooler than July and about 1°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)	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28	28
Avg low (°C)	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21	21

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

How August really feels in Anchau

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 0 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

August sits comfortably in between — no days that feel dangerously hot or drop to a hard freeze once humidity and wind are folded in.

Anchau weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 12th-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	11.4	7.2
Feb	32° / 17°	0	0.1	11.6	5.2
Mar	35° / 21°	1	0.4	11.9	2.9
Apr	37° / 24°	14	3.6	12.2	1.9
May	35° / 24°	65	12.4	12.5	2.6
Jun	31° / 22°	104	18.1	12.6	3.5
Jul	29° / 21°	150	23	12.6	3.9
Aug	28° / 21°	230	25.7	12.4	3.9
Sep	29° / 21°	161	22	12.1	3.8
Oct	31° / 20°	44	8.5	11.8	4.6
Nov	31° / 17°	0	0.1	11.5	5.5
Dec	29° / 15°	0	0.1	11.4	7.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 11% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 87%.

	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 (%)	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	11	11	11	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	13	13	14	14	14	15	16	16	17	17	18
Cloudier (%)	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	89	89	89	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	88	87	87	86	86	86	85	84	84	83	83	82

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	15	85
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	18	82

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Anchau gets around 230 mm of rain over 25.7 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 82% and peaks near 83% on the wettest days.

	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 (%)	79	79	80	80	81	81	82	82	82	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	83	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	80
5	81
6	81
7	82
8	82
9	82
10	83
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	82

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 80% 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 (%)	84	85	85	85	84	84	84	84	84	84	83	83	82	82	81	80	80	79	79	78	78	77	77	76	76	75	75	74	73	73	72
Oppressive (%)	16	15	15	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	17	17	18	18	19	20	20	21	21	22	22	23	23	24	24	25	25	26	27	27	28

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	84	16
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	74	26
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	72	28

Wind in August

Winds average 10 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 11 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)	11	11	11	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	9	8
Feels	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm	calm

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

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 30 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 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 6:18 AM to 6:20 AM, and sunset from 6:47 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)	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.3	12.2	12.2	12.2
Sunrise (AM)	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:18	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:19	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20	6:20
Sunset (PM)	6:47	6:47	6:47	6:46	6:46	6:46	6:45	6:45	6:44	6:44	6:44	6:43	6:43	6:42	6:42	6:41	6:41	6:41	6:40	6:39	6:39	6:38	6:38	6:37	6:37	6:36	6:36	6:35	6:34	6:34	6:33

	Daylight (h)	Sunrise (AM)	Sunset (PM)
1	12.5	6:18	6:47
2	12.5	6:18	6:47
3	12.5	6:18	6:47
4	12.5	6:18	6:46
5	12.5	6:18	6:46
6	12.4	6:19	6:46
7	12.4	6:19	6:45
8	12.4	6:19	6:45
9	12.4	6:19	6:44
10	12.4	6:19	6:44
11	12.4	6:19	6:44
12	12.4	6:19	6:43
13	12.4	6:19	6:43
14	12.4	6:19	6:42
15	12.4	6:20	6:42
16	12.4	6:20	6:41
17	12.4	6:20	6:41
18	12.3	6:20	6:41
19	12.3	6:20	6:40
20	12.3	6:20	6:39
21	12.3	6:20	6:39
22	12.3	6:20	6:38
23	12.3	6:20	6:38
24	12.3	6:20	6:37
25	12.3	6:20	6:37
26	12.3	6:20	6:36
27	12.3	6:20	6:36
28	12.3	6:20	6:35
29	12.2	6:20	6:34
30	12.2	6:20	6:34
31	12.2	6:20	6:33

Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.73 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.73 kWh/m² to a high of 7.09 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.73 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)	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.1
Level	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright	Bright

	Solar energy (kWh/m²)	Level
1	4.8	Bright
2	4.7	Bright
3	4.7	Bright
4	4.7	Bright
5	4.7	Bright
6	4.7	Bright
7	4.7	Bright
8	4.7	Bright
9	4.7	Bright
10	4.7	Bright
11	4.7	Bright
12	4.7	Bright
13	4.7	Bright
14	4.7	Bright
15	4.7	Bright
16	4.7	Bright
17	4.7	Bright
18	4.7	Bright
19	4.8	Bright
20	4.8	Bright
21	4.8	Bright
22	4.8	Bright
23	4.8	Bright
24	4.9	Bright
25	4.9	Bright
26	4.9	Bright
27	5.0	Bright
28	5.0	Bright
29	5.0	Bright
30	5.0	Bright
31	5.1	Bright

Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Anchau

In seasonPeak

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

Anchau's monsoon runs June–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Anchau sees seasonal dust haze (January–June), heaviest in April.

Monsoon

Dust

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

Is August a good time to visit Anchau?

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

3.9

Sightseeing

6th-best month of the year

4.3

Beach & pool

12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Anchau.

What to pack for Anchau in August

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

In August, Anchau sees daytime highs around 28°C and nights near 21°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 26 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Anchau in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Anchau peaks around August 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 19 at about 7 (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)	8	8	11	10	9	11	11	13	12	11	9	7
Level	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Very high	Very high	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Extreme	Very high	High

	UV index (midday)	Level
Jan	8	Very high
Feb	8	Very high
Mar	11	Extreme
Apr	10	Very high
May	9	Very high
Jun	11	Extreme
Jul	11	Extreme
Aug	13	Extreme
Sep	12	Extreme
Oct	11	Extreme
Nov	9	Very high
Dec	7	High

Air quality in Anchau 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 Anchau is worst in February — around 140 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.9× the cleanest month (July, 36 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)	133	140	132	101	63	49	36	39	60	95	109	126
Level	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Poor	Poor	Poor	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy	Unhealthy

	PM2.5 (µg/m³)	Level
Jan	133	Unhealthy
Feb	140	Unhealthy
Mar	132	Unhealthy
Apr	101	Unhealthy
May	63	Unhealthy
Jun	49	Poor
Jul	36	Poor
Aug	39	Poor
Sep	60	Unhealthy
Oct	95	Unhealthy
Nov	109	Unhealthy
Dec	126	Unhealthy

Location & terrain

Where is Anchau?

Anchau sits at 11.0°N, 8.4°E, 691 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Dutsen Wai, 25 km away.

Topography around Anchau

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Anchau has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 50 m around an average of 695 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 343 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 795 m.

The land around Anchau is covered by cropland (76%) within 3 km, cropland (79%) within 16 km, and cropland (72%) within 80 km.

3 km

50 m

cropland 76%

16 km

343 m

cropland 79%

80 km

795 m

cropland 72%

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

August weather nearby: Dutsen Wai 25 km · Soba 37 km · Lere 67 km · Rano 69 km · Zaria 75 km · Wudil 106 km · Kaduna 115 km · Kano 116 km

Nigeria travel facts

Travel advisory: Level 3; Reconsider Travel
Power plugs: Type D / G; 230 V · 50 Hz
Prices: ≈ 13% of US; price level, 2025
GDP per capita: $1,224; 2025
Happiness: 4.8 / 10; World Happiness, 2025
Safe drinking water: 30%; of population, 2024
Homicide rate: 15.7; per 100k, 2023
Road deaths: 20.7; per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group: Lower middle; World Bank
English: High; EF EPI 569
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 Anchau (10.9625°, 8.3923°, elevation 691 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	28	21
2	28	21
3	28	21
4	28	21
5	28	21
6	28	21
7	28	21
8	28	21
9	28	21
10	28	21
11	28	21
12	28	21
13	28	21
14	28	21
15	28	21
16	28	21
17	28	21
18	28	21
19	28	21
20	28	21
21	28	21
22	28	21
23	28	21
24	28	21
25	28	21
26	28	21
27	28	21
28	28	21
29	28	21
30	28	21
31	28	21

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	15	85
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	80
5	81
6	81
7	82
8	82
9	82
10	83
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	82

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	84	16
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	74	26
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	72	28

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	15	85
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	80
5	81
6	81
7	82
8	82
9	82
10	83
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	82

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	84	16
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	74	26
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	72	28

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

	Clearer (%)	Cloudier (%)
1	12	88
2	12	88
3	12	88
4	12	88
5	12	88
6	12	88
7	12	88
8	12	88
9	12	88
10	11	89
11	11	89
12	11	89
13	12	88
14	12	88
15	12	88
16	12	88
17	12	88
18	12	88
19	12	88
20	12	88
21	13	87
22	13	87
23	14	86
24	14	86
25	14	86
26	15	85
27	16	84
28	16	84
29	17	83
30	17	83
31	18	82

	Rain chance (%)
1	79
2	79
3	80
4	80
5	81
6	81
7	82
8	82
9	82
10	83
11	83
12	83
13	83
14	83
15	83
16	83
17	83
18	83
19	82
20	82
21	82
22	82
23	82
24	82
25	82
26	82
27	82
28	82
29	82
30	82
31	82

	Muggy (%)	Oppressive (%)
1	84	16
2	85	15
3	85	15
4	85	15
5	84	16
6	84	16
7	84	16
8	84	16
9	84	16
10	84	16
11	83	17
12	83	17
13	82	18
14	82	18
15	81	19
16	80	20
17	80	20
18	79	21
19	79	21
20	78	22
21	78	22
22	77	23
23	77	23
24	76	24
25	76	24
26	75	25
27	75	25
28	74	26
29	73	27
30	73	27
31	72	28