Azare weather in August

In August, Azare sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 211 mm of rain across 23.2 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 10th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, and the air most often feels oppressive.

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 Azare's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Azare's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
211 mm
23.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:12 AM – 6:35 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.28 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Azare is human settlement in Bauchi State, Nigeria.

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 31°C through the month.

A typical August day in Azare reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 23°C overnight — a 8°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 1°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 Azare

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.

Azare 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° / 14°0011.46.7
Feb33° / 17°0011.64.5
Mar37° / 21°00.111.91.9
Apr39° / 24°20.612.30.6
May38° / 26°204.712.51.1
Jun35° / 25°461012.72.4
Jul32° / 23°13920.112.63.1
Aug31° / 23°21123.212.43.2
Sep32° / 23°9114.112.13.5
Oct34° / 22°18411.73.2
Nov34° / 18°00.111.54.1
Dec30° / 15°0011.36.4

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 16% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22575
32575
42476
52377
62377
72278
82278
92179
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112179
122278
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Azare gets around 211 mm of rain over 23.2 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 74% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
176
277
377
477
578
678
778
878
977
1077
1176
1276
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1474
1574
1673
1773
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1972
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2171
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2670
2770
2870
2970
3069
3169

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 96% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1892
2892
3793
4793
5793
6694
7694
8595
9595
10496
11496
12496
13496
14397
15397
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17397
18298
19298
20298
21298
22298
23298
24298
25298
26298
27298
28298
29298
30298
31298

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 8 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
18calm
28calm
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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 6:10 AM to 6:12 AM, and sunset from 6:41 PM to 6:26 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:106:41
212.56:106:41
312.56:106:40
412.56:106:40
512.56:106:40
612.56:116:39
712.56:116:39
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1512.46:126:36
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 5.28 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.28 kWh/m² to a high of 7.25 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.28 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
15.4Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Azare

In seasonPeak

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

Azare's monsoon runs July–August, when most of the year's rain falls.

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

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

Is August a good time to visit Azare?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
4.6
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Azare.

What to pack for Azare in August

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

In August, Azare sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Azare 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 Azare peaks around August 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 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 highExtremeExtremeVery highExtremeVery highAug 19UV 12Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar10Very high
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Azare 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 Azare is worst in February — around 114 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.4× the cleanest month (August, 33 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 15113 µg/m³Aug 1234 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan107Unhealthy
Feb114Unhealthy
Mar107Unhealthy
Apr89Unhealthy
May64Unhealthy
Jun54Poor
Jul35Poor
Aug33Moderate
Sep41Poor
Oct63Unhealthy
Nov71Unhealthy
Dec99Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Azare?

Azare sits at 11.7°N, 10.2°E, 413 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Gwaram, 55 km away.

DarazoBirnin KuduHadejiaDutse

Topography around Azare

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Azare has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 32 m around an average of 409 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 66 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 415 m.

The land around Azare is covered by artificial surfaces (54%) and cropland (35%) within 3 km, cropland (86%) within 16 km, and cropland (82%) within 80 km.

3 km
32 m
16 km
66 m
80 km
415 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaces
August weather nearby: Gwaram 55 km · Chakwama 59 km · Kari 62 km · Kiyawa 65 km · Darazo 79 km · Birnin Kudu 81 km · Hadejia 88 km · Dutse 93 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
Muslim 54%other Christian 35%Roman Catholic 11%other 1%

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 Azare (11.6748°, 10.1907°, elevation 413 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).