Dutse weather in August

In August, Dutse sees average daytime highs of 30°C and overnight lows near 23°C, with 231 mm of rain across 24 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 30°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 Dutse's 12th-clearest and 10th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Dutse's year-round climate.

Daytime high
30°
10th warmest
Overnight low
23°
7th coldest
Rainfall
231 mm
24 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:15 AM – 6:39 PM
Cloud cover
76%
12th clearest
Wind
8 km/h
10th windiest
Solar energy
5.32 kWh/m²
Travel score
3.2
out of 10

Dutse is city and local government area in 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 30°C through the month.

A typical August day in Dutse 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 1°C cooler than July and about 1°C cooler than September.

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Avg high (°C)Avg low (°C)
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How August really feels in Dutse

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.

Dutse 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° / 16°0011.64.5
Mar37° / 20°00.111.91.9
Apr39° / 24°41.112.30.6
May38° / 26°285.812.51.2
Jun35° / 25°6611.912.72.6
Jul32° / 23°16021.212.63.1
Aug30° / 23°2312412.43.2
Sep32° / 23°10815.112.13.5
Oct34° / 22°203.811.73.3
Nov34° / 18°0011.54.1
Dec30° / 14°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 17% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 76%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
12674
22674
32575
42575
52575
62575
72575
82476
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112377
122278
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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Dutse gets around 231 mm of rain over 24 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 76% and peaks near 78% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
176
276
377
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1077
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1478
1578
1678
1778
1878
1978
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2177
2277
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2476
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2675
2775
2874
2973
3073
3172

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 90% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
11486
21486
31486
41486
51387
61387
71387
81288
91288
101288
111189
121189
131189
141090
151090
161090
17991
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19991
20892
21892
22892
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24793
25793
26793
27694
28694
29694
30595
31595

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 9 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
19calm
29calm
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128calm
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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 6:13 AM to 6:15 AM, and sunset from 6:44 PM to 6:30 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.56:136:44
212.56:136:44
312.56:136:44
412.56:136:43
512.56:146:43
612.56:146:43
712.56:146:42
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1212.46:156:40
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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 5.32 kWh/m² — the year's lowest.

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 5.32 kWh/m² to a high of 7.2 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 5.32 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 Dutse

In seasonPeak

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

Dutse's monsoon runs July–September, when most of the year's rain falls.

Dutse 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 Dutse?

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

3.2
Sightseeing
7th-best month of the year
4.5
Beach & pool
10th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Dutse.

What to pack for Dutse in August

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

In August, Dutse sees daytime highs around 30°C and nights near 23°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Dutse 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 Dutse peaks around August 19 at about 12 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 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 highExtremeVery highExtremeVery highAug 19UV 12Dec 17UV 7
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb11Extreme
Mar10Extreme
Apr11Extreme
May9Very high
Jun10Very high
Jul11Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep11Extreme
Oct11Extreme
Nov9Very high
Dec7High

Air quality in Dutse 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 Dutse is worst in February — around 138 µg/m³ PM2.5 (unhealthy), about 3.2× the cleanest month (July, 43 µg/m³).

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

0306090120150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecUnhealthyPoorUnhealthyFeb 19137 µg/m³Jul 2343 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan132Unhealthy
Feb138Unhealthy
Mar136Unhealthy
Apr116Unhealthy
May80Unhealthy
Jun61Unhealthy
Jul43Poor
Aug44Poor
Sep65Unhealthy
Oct99Unhealthy
Nov106Unhealthy
Dec124Unhealthy
Location & terrain

Where is Dutse?

Dutse sits at 11.8°N, 9.3°E, 444 m above sea level, in Nigeria. The nearest listed city is Kiyawa, 29 km away.

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Topography around Dutse

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Dutse has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 130 m around an average of 447 m above sea level; within 16 km, only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 158 m; within 80 km, significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 581 m.

The land around Dutse is covered by cropland (61%) and grassland (28%) within 3 km, cropland (85%) within 16 km, and cropland (84%) within 80 km.

3 km
130 m
16 km
158 m
80 km
581 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfacesbare terrain
August weather nearby: Kiyawa 29 km · Birnin Kudu 37 km · Gaya 38 km · Chakwama 42 km · Wudil 54 km · Gwaram 80 km · Rano 86 km · Azare 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 Dutse (11.7562°, 9.339°, elevation 444 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).