Bukuru weather in August

In August, Bukuru sees average daytime highs of 24°C and overnight lows near 18°C, with 367 mm of rain across 29.9 wet days and about 12.3 hours of daylight. It is the 12th-warmest and 1st-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 24°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 24 min at the start of August to 12 h 12 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Bukuru's 12th-clearest and 7th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Bukuru's year-round climate.

Daytime high
24°
12th warmest
Overnight low
18°
7th coldest
Rainfall
367 mm
29.9 wet days
Daylight
12 h 18 min
6:19 AM – 6:38 PM
Cloud cover
88%
12th clearest
Wind
7 km/h
7th windiest
Solar energy
4.09 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Bukuru is city in Plateau 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 24°C through the month.

A typical August day in Bukuru reaches about 24°C in the afternoon and slips back to 18°C overnight — a 6°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 22°C and 26°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and about 2°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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292418
302418
312418

How August really feels in Bukuru

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
0
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
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.

Bukuru 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
Jan28° / 15°00.111.57.8
Feb30° / 17°20.511.76.2
Mar32° / 19°111.711.94.7
Apr31° / 20°9411.112.24.3
May28° / 20°26224.912.44.0
Jun26° / 19°32028.812.63.7
Jul24° / 18°33130.112.53.6
Aug24° / 18°36729.912.33.6
Sep26° / 18°30027.912.13.8
Oct27° / 17°10214.111.85.6
Nov29° / 16°10.411.67.1
Dec28° / 15°00.111.48.1

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 0% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 4% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 96%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
1397
2397
3397
4397
5397
6397
7397
8397
9397
10397
11397
12397
13496
14496
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Bukuru gets around 367 mm of rain over 29.9 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 96% and peaks near 98% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
197
297
397
497
597
697
797
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997
1096
1196
1296
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1496
1595
1695
1795
1895
1995
2095
2196
2296
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2496
2596
2697
2797
2897
2998
3098
3198

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 69% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 69% of them.

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Humid (%)Muggy (%)
12872
22872
32971
42971
52971
62971
73070
83070
93070
103070
113070
123070
133070
143169
153169
163169
173169
183169
193268
203268
213268
223367
233367
243367
253367
263367
273367
283367
293367
303268
313268

Wind in August

Winds average 7 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 6 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
37calm
47calm
57calm
67calm
77calm
87calm
97calm
107calm
117calm
127calm
137calm
147calm
157calm
167calm
177calm
187calm
197calm
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227calm
236calm
246calm
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266calm
276calm
286calm
296calm
306calm
316calm

Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 24 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 12 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:18 AM to 6:19 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:31 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.46:186:44
212.46:186:43
312.46:186:43
412.46:186:43
512.46:186:43
612.46:186:42
712.46:186:42
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1012.46:196:41
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1312.36:196:40
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2812.26:196:32
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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 4.09 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.09 kWh/m² to a high of 6.94 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 4.09 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
14.1Bright
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34.1Bright
44.1Bright
54.0Bright
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274.3Bright
284.3Bright
294.4Bright
304.4Bright
314.4Bright
Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Bukuru

In seasonPeak

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

Bukuru's monsoon runs May–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Bukuru sees seasonal dust haze (February–June), heaviest in March.

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

Is August a good time to visit Bukuru?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
11th-best month of the year
3.1
Beach & pool
12th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Bukuru.

What to pack for Bukuru in August

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

In August, Bukuru sees daytime highs around 24°C and nights near 18°C. Pack rain gear. Worth having: light clothes. About 30 days see rain.

rain gearlight clothes

UV index in Bukuru 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 Bukuru peaks around September 11 at about 13 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 18 at about 9 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highSep 11UV 13Dec 18UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb9Very high
Mar11Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May10Extreme
Jun11Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep13Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Extreme
Dec9Very high

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

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 19102 µg/m³Jul 2326 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan91Unhealthy
Feb103Unhealthy
Mar99Unhealthy
Apr75Unhealthy
May47Poor
Jun36Poor
Jul26Moderate
Aug27Moderate
Sep39Poor
Oct60Unhealthy
Nov65Unhealthy
Dec83Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Bukuru?

Bukuru sits at 9.8°N, 8.9°E, 1,277 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Jos, 15 km away.

PankshinWambaKachiaAkwanga

Topography around Bukuru

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Bukuru has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 142 m around an average of 1,258 m above sea level; within 16 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 316 m; within 80 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,311 m.

The land around Bukuru is covered by artificial surfaces (43%) and cropland (35%) within 3 km, cropland (48%) and grassland (31%) within 16 km, and cropland (47%), grassland (27%) and shrubs (21%) within 80 km.

3 km
142 m
16 km
316 m
80 km
1,311 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrainwater
August weather nearby: Jos 15 km · Kagoro 56 km · Kafanchan 67 km · Lere 73 km · Pankshin 81 km · Wamba 99 km · Kachia 100 km · Akwanga 110 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 Bukuru (9.794°, 8.864°, elevation 1,277 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).