Damaturu weather in August

In August, Damaturu sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 171 mm of rain across 20.3 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 30°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 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 Damaturu's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Damaturu's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
12th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
171 mm
20.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:04 AM – 6:28 PM
Cloud cover
77%
12th clearest
Wind
9 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.14 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.6
out of 10

Damaturu is local government area of Nigeria.

Density
19/km²
people per km²

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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Damaturu reaches about 30°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 32°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs about 2°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 Damaturu

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.

Damaturu 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
Jan31° / 14°0011.46.2
Feb34° / 17°0011.64.1
Mar37° / 21°00.111.91.6
Apr39° / 24°51.312.30.4
May38° / 26°204.912.50.9
Jun36° / 25°347.912.72.3
Jul32° / 24°10216.512.63.4
Aug30° / 23°17120.312.43.6
Sep32° / 23°8212.812.13.7
Oct35° / 22°194.611.72.9
Nov34° / 18°0011.53.7
Dec31° / 14°0011.35.8

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 15% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 79%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12278
22278
32278
42080
52080
62080
72179
82080
92080
102080
112080
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132080
142080
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312674

Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Damaturu gets around 171 mm of rain over 20.3 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 65% and peaks near 66% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
164
265
365
465
566
666
766
866
966
1066
1166
1266
1366
1466
1566
1666
1766
1866
1966
2066
2166
2265
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2464
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2663
2762
2862
2961
3060
3159

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 (%)Miserable (%)
17930
26940
36940
45950
55950
64960
74960
84960
93970
103970
113970
123970
133970
142980
152980
162980
172980
182980
192980
202971
213961
223961
233961
243961
253961
263961
272971
282971
292971
302971
312971

Wind in August

Winds average 9 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 10 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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159calm
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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 6:03 AM to 6:05 AM, and sunset from 6:34 PM to 6:19 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:036:34
212.56:036:34
312.56:036:33
412.56:036:33
512.56:036:33
612.56:036:32
712.56:036:32
812.56:046:32
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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 5.14 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.14 kWh/m² to a high of 7.17 kWh/m² in March across the year — August's 5.14 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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285.4Bright
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305.4Bright
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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Damaturu

In seasonPeak

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

Damaturu sees seasonal dust haze (December–July), heaviest in March.

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

Is August a good time to visit Damaturu?

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

3.6
Sightseeing
6th-best month of the year
5.1
Beach & pool
9th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Damaturu.

What to pack for Damaturu in August

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

In August, Damaturu sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 20 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Damaturu 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 Damaturu peaks around August 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 16 at about 8 (very high).

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

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highAug 19UV 12Dec 16UV 8
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar12Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May10Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul10Extreme
Aug13Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7Very high

Air quality in Damaturu 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 Damaturu is worst in February — around 107 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 4.3× the cleanest month (August, 25 µg/m³).

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

0306090120JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorModeratePoorUnhealthyFeb 15106 µg/m³Aug 1625 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan100Unhealthy
Feb107Unhealthy
Mar99Unhealthy
Apr75Unhealthy
May50Poor
Jun43Poor
Jul28Moderate
Aug25Moderate
Sep29Moderate
Oct50Poor
Nov62Unhealthy
Dec93Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Damaturu?

Damaturu sits at 11.7°N, 12.0°E, 371 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Daura, 64 km away.

PotiskumNafadaMagumeriDamboaGeidamBiuMaiduguri

Topography around Damaturu

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Damaturu has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 24 m around an average of 374 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 73 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 337 m.

The land around Damaturu is covered by artificial surfaces (60%) and cropland (32%) within 3 km, cropland (69%) and grassland (26%) within 16 km, and cropland (48%) and grassland (44%) within 80 km.

3 km
24 m
16 km
73 m
80 km
337 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Daura 64 km · Potiskum 96 km · Nafada 100 km · Magumeri 103 km · Damboa 109 km · Geidam 128 km · Biu 129 km · Maiduguri 131 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 Damaturu (11.747°, 11.9608°, elevation 371 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).