Birnin Kebbi weather in August

In August, Birnin Kebbi sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 24°C, with 187 mm of rain across 19.2 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 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% 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 Birnin Kebbi's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Birnin Kebbi's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
12th warmest
Overnight low
24°
5th coldest
Rainfall
187 mm
19.2 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:35 AM – 7:00 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
4.92 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.4
out of 10

Birnin Kebbi is adminstrative capital of Kebbi 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 Birnin Kebbi reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 24°C overnight — a 7°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 29°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°C cooler than July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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How August really feels in Birnin Kebbi

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.

Birnin Kebbi 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.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan33° / 20°0011.34.6
Feb36° / 22°0011.62.6
Mar39° / 25°10.211.90.5
Apr41° / 28°51.112.30.0
May39° / 28°276.312.60.7
Jun36° / 27°468.212.72.2
Jul33° / 25°9615.112.73.2
Aug31° / 24°18719.212.43.4
Sep33° / 24°779.912.13.6
Oct36° / 24°163.411.72.6
Nov36° / 22°0011.42.6
Dec34° / 20°0011.34.2

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 6% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 14% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12476
22377
32377
42278
52278
62080
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Birnin Kebbi gets around 187 mm of rain over 19.2 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 61% and peaks near 63% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
158
259
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1762
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3058
3157

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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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
1982
2991
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31946

Wind in August

Winds average 8 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 8 km/h on the calmest days to 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
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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 6:33 AM to 6:36 AM, and sunset from 7:06 PM to 6:51 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:337:06
212.56:337:06
312.56:337:05
412.56:337:05
512.56:337:05
612.56:337:04
712.56:347:04
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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 4.92 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.92 kWh/m² to a high of 6.98 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.92 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 Birnin Kebbi

In seasonPeak

None of Birnin Kebbi's seasonal hazards are active in August. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

Birnin Kebbi sees seasonal dust haze (December–July), heaviest in April.

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

Is August a good time to visit Birnin Kebbi?

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
5.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Birnin Kebbi.

What to pack for Birnin Kebbi in August

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

In August, Birnin Kebbi sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 24°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 19 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Birnin Kebbi 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 Birnin Kebbi peaks around August 16 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 7 (high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 16UV 13Dec 16UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar10Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul11Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct10Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Birnin Kebbi 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 Birnin Kebbi is worst in February — around 100 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 5.1× the cleanest month (August, 20 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 1699 µg/m³Aug 1220 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan90Unhealthy
Feb100Unhealthy
Mar93Unhealthy
Apr71Unhealthy
May41Poor
Jun32Moderate
Jul22Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep27Moderate
Oct47Poor
Nov60Unhealthy
Dec82Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Birnin Kebbi?

Birnin Kebbi sits at 12.5°N, 4.2°E, 234 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Jega, 32 km away.

KambaGayaGummiMalanvilleDosso

Topography around Birnin Kebbi

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Birnin Kebbi has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 76 m around an average of 224 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 99 m; within 80 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 213 m.

The land around Birnin Kebbi is covered by artificial surfaces (62%) and cropland (20%) within 3 km, cropland (75%) within 16 km, and cropland (59%) and grassland (27%) within 80 km.

3 km
76 m
16 km
99 m
80 km
213 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Jega 32 km · Argungu 48 km · Tambuwal 49 km · Kamba 89 km · Gaya 103 km · Gummi 106 km · Malanville 110 km · Dosso 127 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 Birnin Kebbi (12.4539°, 4.1975°, elevation 234 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).